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Gender Studies

Language: German Studies in German
Subject area: social
University website: www.unibe.ch/
Gender
Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity. Depending on the context, these characteristics may include biological sex (i.e., the state of being male, female, or an intersex variation), sex-based social structures (i.e., gender roles), or gender identity. People who do not identify as men or women or with masculine or feminine gender pronouns are often grouped under the umbrella terms non-binary or genderqueer. Some cultures have specific gender roles that are distinct from "man" and "woman," such as the hijras of South Asia. These are often referred to as third genders.
Gender Studies
Gender studies is a field for interdisciplinary study devoted to gender identity and gendered representation as central categories of analysis. This field includes women's studies (concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics), men's studies and queer studies. Sometimes, gender studies is offered together with study of sexuality.
Gender
We [researchers] should keep the environment of boys and girls absolutely similar these instincts would produce sure and important differences between the mental and moral activities of boys and girls.
Edward Thorndike, (1914). Educational psychology briefer course. New York: Teachers College: Columbia University. p. 203.
Gender
Our notions of what a human being is problematically depend on there being two coherent genders. And if someone doesn't comply with either the masculine norm or the feminine norm, their very humaness is called into question.
Judith Butler The Believer Magazine - Interview - Issue 2.
Gender
Virtue cannot be separated into male and female. ... The difference is one of bodies not of souls.
Theodoret of Cyrus, as cited in The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity (2012), p. 106
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