Gender

• Sex


  biological difference between males and females
• Gender


  the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed
• Gender stereotypes

  generalised view or preconception about what is male or female and the roles associated with these genders
• Binary

  identify as male or female
• Non-binary

  genders that don't fall into one of the two categories (male/female)
• Gender fluid

  gender is not fixed, can change between male and female
• Androgynous

  an individual who possesses similar levels of femininity and masculinity
• Transgender

  changing from one gender to another through gender reassignment
• Gender dysphoria

  conflict between sex and gender
• Gender bias


  differential treatment and/or representation of males and females based on stereotypes and not real life differences
• Alpha bias


  theories that exaggerate the differences between male and female
• Beta bias 


  theories which ignore or minimise the sex differences