Gender

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Gender refers to a social identity that generally corresponds to the binary sexes, male and female.

Etymology

The word "gender" is derived from the Old French word "gendre", based on the Latin word "genus," meaning birth, family, or nation. Gender is also often used to denote grammatical categories of words.