Gender identity refers to a person's perception of having a particular gender, which may or may not correspond to their birth sex. A person's gender identity is the sense of themselves as male, female, or other. One's gender identity may or may not correspond to their biological sex, and those whose gender identity does not correspond with their biological sex are often referred to as transgender or genderqueer.
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"Gender refers to the attitudes, feelings, and behaviors that a given culture associates with a person’s biological sex." - American Psychological Association (2012)
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Many young people today are beginning to view things such as gender, sexuality, and identity through a lens of openness and intersectionality.
Some people, college students in particular, "are more than open to the idea of gender as a lived experience that can’t be bounded by the limitations of a universal, fixed, binary concept" (Brauer).
The view that gender and gender identity is becoming more and more common, especially in millennials. Many millennials share the view shown in the Tweet below - gender and gender roles should not have a huge impact on someone's life, they should only be things that exist, not something that people dictate their life, style, and choices by.
Many young people today are beginning to view things such as gender, sexuality, and identity through a lens of openness and intersectionality.
Some people, college students in particular, "are more than open to the idea of gender as a lived experience that can’t be bounded by the limitations of a universal, fixed, binary concept" (Brauer).
The view that gender and gender identity is becoming more and more common, especially in millennials. Many millennials share the view shown in the Tweet below - gender and gender roles should not have a huge impact on someone's life, they should only be things that exist, not something that people dictate their life, style, and choices by.
"This generation views gender as a mark of self-expression — they view it as a way of displaying their full sense of self," - Caitlin Ryan, San Francisco State University
Millennials seem to have taken a more intersectional and open view of gender and gender roles. Those who feel that they do not fit comfortably into a tradition, binary view of gender do not limit themselves or try to force themselves to fit into masculine or feminine styles. Many millennials, identifying themselves as "genderqueer" or "nonbinary", choose to use the pronouns "they" and "them", as opposed to the traditional "he" or "she" pronouns.
Many millennial men are more comfortable expressing femininity, while many millennial women are more comfortable expressing masculinity. |
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This video, created by actress Ruby Rose, expresses
both the fluidity and the complexity of gender and
gender identity.
both the fluidity and the complexity of gender and
gender identity.
Brauer, Dot. When Queer = Diversity = Complicated, Outreach , 4 June 2015, https://learn.uvm.edu/blog-education/complexities-of-gender-identity. Accessed 17 June 2017.
Kott, Lidia J. For These Millennials, Gender Norms Have Gone Out Of Style, Minnesota Public Radio, 30 Nov. 2014, www.npr.org/2014/11/30/363345372/for-these-millennials-gender-norms-have-gone-out-of-style. Accessed 17 Jan. 2017.
Rose, Ruby, Actor. Break Free. , Rubix Cube, 2014. Accessed 17 Jan. 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFjsSSDLl8w
"Stop teaching your kids gender roles. Encourage them to do what they love and
be a person who they can love." Twitter, 24 Oct. 2016, twitter.com/
ashvinelf/status/790631305461403648.
Kott, Lidia J. For These Millennials, Gender Norms Have Gone Out Of Style, Minnesota Public Radio, 30 Nov. 2014, www.npr.org/2014/11/30/363345372/for-these-millennials-gender-norms-have-gone-out-of-style. Accessed 17 Jan. 2017.
Rose, Ruby, Actor. Break Free. , Rubix Cube, 2014. Accessed 17 Jan. 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFjsSSDLl8w
"Stop teaching your kids gender roles. Encourage them to do what they love and
be a person who they can love." Twitter, 24 Oct. 2016, twitter.com/
ashvinelf/status/790631305461403648.