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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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genderqueer

genderqueer fits under the transgender category.
genderqueer means that u r a miscellaneous gender, w/ ur own personal pronouns. i prefer not to say 'made-up' pronouns or a 'created' gender b/c U didn't create those feelings. its when u feel like neither male or female, but u do feel like a specific gender. u get to name it whatever feels right! ❤️
genderqueer fren: "hey, guys? i um.. i'm genderqueer. my pronouns r ze/zir. i-is that ok w/ u?"
gud frens: "its ok!! we luv u for who u r & we will respecc u."
by meli lol July 25, 2020
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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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genderic

Generically looking like a gender. Male of female stereotype.
Bob: What did she look like?
Jim: She was a genderic looking girl.

Bob: Oh I see, a typical American white girl with Starbucks coffee.
by babyhuey235695 January 3, 2014
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gendersplain

act of a human that surely has one of the only 2 genders but is trying to explain that he/she has born as a different gender.

3 types:
1)Aggressive:
- the person explaining that he/she has born as a different gender without anyone even asking him/her

2)Passive
-the person explaining that he/she has born as a different gender after someone asking him/her

3) Defensive
-the person explaining that he/she has born as a different gender to dodge a harming question/answer or some kind of action/interaction
Jared gendersplained to not do mens work, because his gender is supposed to be more feminime. He got triggered after they denied his opinion, even called police and reported him.
by CoffeeK_ June 26, 2017
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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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