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Gender studies

Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. It includes women's studies (concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics), men's studies and queer studies. Its rise to prominence, especially in Western universities after 1990, has been noted as a success of deconstructionism. Sometimes, gender studies is offered together with study of sexuality. These disciplines study gender and sexuality in the fields of literature, linguistics, human geography, history, political science, archaeology, economics, sociology, psychology, anthropology, cinema, media studies, human development, law, public health and medicine. It also analyses how race, ethnicity, location, class, nationality, and disability intersect with the categories of gender and sexuality.
Gender studies could also be called gender-oriented sociology
by Donna tramp January 12, 2021
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Gender Bender

A gender bender is when a boy is a girl and a girl is a boy. In other words, they switch roles.
Like if you were to draw Spongebob as a girl and Sandy as a boy! It's a Gender Bender!
by sasukes1gurl October 9, 2007
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Gender Binary

The belief that there are two genders: male and female. This, of course, is incorrect because gender is a social construct. But it is still ok to identify as a gender. If labeling yourself makes you feel more comfortable that is perfectly acceptable, but that is your identity not the rest of the world has to revolve around gender. yay. stop being bigots and open your mind to new ideas.
Person 1: Why is the world centered around the belief of gender binary?
Person 2: Because humans suck. At least global warming will kill them soon enough, or they'll kill themselves through nuclear war.
by GayGiraffe225 August 25, 2020
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genarlic

When something is really generic or non specific, yet really narly or cool at the same time. Hence the creation of the word genarlic.
your shoes are totally genarlic
by Rosco77 April 7, 2006
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Gender Deafness

A condition affecting men, rendering them unable to hear the words spoken by a woman. This is subsequently followed by the man parroting back exactly what was said, but repackaged as his own original thought, or mansplaining, or a combination of both.
Woman to group: "We have two options. We can fix the pole, utilise a generator for 3 days in the interim, but potentially have to sink the connection in 5-10 years when the main cable is sunk, rendering the pole redundant. Or we can sink the connection now and utilise a generator for 2-3 months."
Man to the woman: "Yeah, but you've got to careful how you go about it. I see that we have two options. We can fix the pole or we can sink the connection."
Woman to man: "I just said that. You are suffering gender deafness. I have an IQ in the top one percent of the population but yet, somehow, lower IQ men like you seem to think you are entitled to talk to me like I'm stupid. Fuck you and your mental deficit."
by Consonance Take Two September 15, 2019
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gender

A division of people into two (or more) groups. There is some conflict to what the divisions are, but luckily we have great minds like AOC to tell us how we should be divided. Her critical gender theory: those that menstruate, and those that don't.
AOC: My new critical gender theory: there are two types of people; those that menstruate, and those that do not. Some trans women menstruate. Some non-binary people menstruate. Some cis- women don't menstruate.

A rational thinker: menstruation is "the regular discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the inner lining of the uterus through the vagina." If you don't have a uterus, you might experience some of the symptoms of PMS, the rise and fall of hormones, with cramping, swelling, nausea, etc... but those are symptoms related to, but is not menstruation.

AOC: You're a man, I wouldn't expect you to understand what menstruation is.

A critical thinker: It appears I understand the science better than you do.
by Dafydd y Cymro September 9, 2021
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Minecraft gender

Loves Minecraft, wholesome, respects everyone's opinions, and is over all just for fun.
Im also apart of the Minecraft gender
by WWWJOS August 20, 2021
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