Gender identity

• sex - biological characteristics that you are born with. it is determined by chromosomes either XY for male and XX female
• gender - the social and cultural attributes associated with being male or female, including the roles and behaviours that are associated with each gender
• typical gender - how we're expected to act, speak, dress and conduct ourselves based upon our assigned sex
• atypical gender - gender that is not typical for the society in which they live
• femininity - the quality of being a woman, especially in relation to the qualities of a woman
• masculinity - the quality of being a man, especially as distinguished from femininity
• non-binary - a person who does not identify with the gender binary, or who does not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth
• gender expression - how a person presents themselves to the world, including their clothing, hairstyle, and body language
• transgender - a person whose gender identity is different from the sex they were assigned at birth
• transexual - a person who desires to or who has modified their body to transition from one gender or sex to another through the use of medical technologies such as hormones or surgeries 
• agender - a person who does not identify with a gender, or who does not identify with a particular gender
• cisgender - a person whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth
• gender fluid - a person who is not exclusively male or female, but who identifies with both genders
• androgyny - the idea that a person is neither male nor female, but a combination of both
• gender dysphoria - a person's gender identity does not match their biological sex
• gender schema theory - gender is learned through socialisation and is a product of the interaction between biological and social factors
• gender schematic - you hold a firm strong schema about what it means to be male or female
• gender a schematic - that you are not assigned a gender role
• alpha bias - the tendency to exaggerate differences. might have a strong belief about what's male and female
• beta bias - the tendency to minimize differences