Eps 102: no matter what their sex is
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For example, men who feel that they cannot express emotion due to the gendered expectation that they must be strong and stoic, may experience mental health disorders or engage in violence. Tragically, around the world, individuals who fail to conform to gender expectations placed upon them by their communities can face violence, discrimination, and reprisals. Gender inequity is universal, typically spoken about in terms of restrictions placed on women and girls. The extent of such inequality is varied, and is usually the result of gender roles and stereotypes.
Gender is also socially and legally defined by being girl or boy, male or female. Gender refers to characteristics that are socially constructed about women, men, girls, and boys. The term sex should encompass the actual or perceived gender, gender identity, and expression, including the persons actual or perceived self-image, physical appearance, behaviour, expression, or other characteristics associated with sex, irrespective of sex assigned to the individual at birth. The term gender shall include actual or perceived sex, gender identity, and gender expression including a persons actual or perceived gender-related self-image, appearance, behavior, expression, or other gender-related characteristic, regardless of the sex assigned to that person at birth. Among others, androgynous, gender-diverse, gender-expansive, gender-fluid, agender, largeender, genderqueer, pangender, MTF and FTM are also numerous.
Words that can be used to describe a persons gender expression may be masculine, feminine, androgynous, and so on. Terms related to gender expression include, but are not limited to, androgynous, butch, femme/female/feminine, femme, gender non-conforming, man/man/masculine, or non-binary. Transgender, or transgender, is the inclusive term for individuals who have gender identities that differ from their assigned sex at birth.
Gender identity refers to an individuals internal, personal experience with sex, which may or may not match the sex they were assigned at birth. A homosexual is a person attracted to persons of his or her own gender, a term commonly used to describe men who are attracted to other men. Many people who are polysexual describe themselves as attracted to people on the basis of their personalities rather than gender.
In particular, pansexuals are attracted to people who are not just men and women, but also those who have different sexualities and gender identities. For instance, pansexuals might be attracted to someone who might identify as transsexual or intersex. Similarly, someone who identifies as an omnisexual can be attracted to anyone, regardless of gender identity or gender expression.
In its most basic sense, being pansexual means an individual is physically, emotionally, and/or romantically attracted to one person, no matter the other persons gender identity and/or sexuality. In other words, the key difference between pansexuality and polysexuality is that polysexuals are interested in and attracted to a variety of sexes, but not necessarily all.
While the two do not exactly mean the same thing, some people identify with both terms and identify themselves as bisexual as well as pansexual. Similar to both asexual and pansexual individuals, a demisexual person can be any gender, and the person to whom they are attracted after feeling an emotional connection is unrelated to the term. Others use the term omni, or pansexual, to indicate that they are attracted to people of many genders, identities, and expressions, regardless.
People in transition might consider their gender identity as male or female, or they might have a variety of preferences and words for describing themselves . Those who are sexually fluid may have more attraction for one sex than the other, but are definitely not limited by it in any way. For example, a person who identifies as bisexual is not necessarily attracted to people of every sex .
A person may feel sexually attracted to a gender, but dislike how relationships with that gender go down, or may enjoy relationship dynamics with a particular gender, but dislike engaging in sexual acts with that gender. Or, they may feel sexually attracted to both genders, but have intercourse only with one.
Some kids gender identities stay consistent throughout life, whereas others might switch back and forth between identifying as either a boy or a girl, or even adopt different gender identities at different times . There are a lot of differences among individuals, which is why bisexuality is just a blanket term. Gender refers to a continuum of complex psychosocial self-perceptions, attitudes, and expectations that individuals hold of members of either gender.
Gender includes gender roles, which are expectations that societies and individuals hold of behaviors, thoughts, and characteristics associated with a persons assigned gender. Gender equality is when men, women, and people who identify as another sex share equal opportunities, rights, and responsibilities. All people deserve to be treated equally by the law, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.