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Everything about Gender binary
Classification of sex and gender into two opposite forms
The gender binary is the classification of gender into two distinct forms of masculine and feminine, whether by social system, cultural belief, or both simultaneously. Most cultures use a gender binary, having two genders. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Gender binaryA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary Youths Receiving Gender-Affirming CareInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: FreshwaterThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Doing Gender Beyond the Binary: A Virtual EthnographyCited 130 times
- Go sideways: Non-binaryA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Gender expressionA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A gender system in which people are categorized, in terms of gender and often also sex, exclusively as either male or female.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Doing Gender Beyond the Binary: A Virtual Ethnography
The Gender Binary Meets the Gender-Variant Child
Gender and Health: Beyond Binary Categorical Measurement
Binary-trans, non-binary and gender-questioning adolescents’ experiences in UK schools
Non-Binary and Binary Gender Identity in Australian Trans and Gender Diverse Individuals
Non-binary gender/sex identities
Living in a Gender-Binary World
Transcending the gender binary: Gender non-binary young adults in Amsterdam
🆕 Influential since 2022
Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary Youths Receiving Gender-Affirming Care
Association of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy With Depression, Thoughts of Suicide, and Attempted Suicide Among Transgender and Nonbinary Youth
Gender Affirming Medical Treatment Desire and Treatment Motives in Binary and Non-Binary Transgender Individuals
Gender expansive listeners utilize a non-binary, multidimensional conception of gender to inform voice gender perception
Binary and Non-binary Gender Identities, Internalizing Problems, and Treatment Wishes Among Adolescents Referred to a Gender Identity Clinic in Germany
📚 Books worth reading
FreshwaterAkwaeke Emezi · 2018
Gender QueerMaia Kobabe · 2019
Life as a UnicornAmrou Al-Kadhi · 2019
Queer EmbodimentHil Malatino · 2019
New Gender ParadoxJudith Lorber · 2021
Voice of the FishLars Horn · 2022
They/Them/TheirEris Young · 2019
Beyond the Gender BinaryAlok Vaid-Menon, Ashley Lukashevsky · 2020
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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