Do Sex and Gender Have Separate Identities?
Arch Sex Behav
; 53(8): 2957-2975, 2024 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
The largely binary nature of biological sex and its conflation with the socially constructed concept of gender has created much strife in the last few years. The notion of gender identity and its differences and similarities with sex have fostered much scientific and legal confusion and disagreement. Settling the debate can have significant repercussions for science, medicine, legislation, and people's lives. The present review addresses this debate though different levels of analysis (i.e., genetic, anatomical, physiological, behavioral, and sociocultural), and their implications and interactions. We propose a rationale where both perspectives coexist, where diversity is the default, establishing a delimitation to the conflation between sex and gender, while acknowledging their interaction. Whereas sex in humans and other mammals is a biological reality that is largely binary and based on genes, chromosomes, anatomy, and physiology, gender is a sociocultural construct that is often, but not always, concordant with a person' sex, and can span a multitude of expressions.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Identidade de Gênero
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Sex Behav
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
País de afiliação:
Chile