How many genders are there?

So I been wondering how many genders there are… some say Two others say to Many to count. What do y’all think and why?

I know this could be very offensive to some so if the mods find it offensive they could take this topic down

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I don’t know honestly…

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4 lol

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More than two. :white_heart:

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Two sexes. Gender is a social role based on that sex.

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Yeah but some say that sex is different from gender. They say that sex is your body parts that you was born with but gender is what you see yourself as. So someone won’t necessarily see themselves as a male or female because of their body parts.

Sorry this topic very much confuse me and I can never found a exact answer to this question that’s always been bothering me.

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I believe that there’s only 2 genders.

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Genders are social/emotional whatever candy pile things that sociologists say define that sex. Like cooking. It’s attributed to females, but that doesn’t mean men can’t cook

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No. There’s male, female, non-bianary, and transgender.

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But isn’t transgender still male and female? Since the only thing they doing is switching there gender (correct me if I’m wrong). And non-binary to me seems like a gender that doesn’t know what it wants. It’s suppose to be outside the gender range but non-binary isn’t a gender itself. I don’t know how to explain it…

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Non-binary is a spectrum, not a gender per se. A non-binary person can identify as both male and female, as neither, as partially one of them and so on. Inside the spectrum there are different genders (androgynous, intergender, pangender, neutrois etc.)

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Oh thanks for clarifying! That make sense! So when you say they can be both male/female or neither, does that mean they have qualities of both male and female or something along those lines?

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“While sex is based on biology, chromosomes, and what doctors assign at birth and write on the birth certificate, gender is a social construct, meaning something that was created by humanity, complete with its own set of “rules” and expectations. As such, individuals may identify with a different gender than what they were assigned at birth. As Dr. Powell explains it: “Gender is someone’s own internal understanding about whether they are a man or a woman, something in between, [or] none of those things.”’

So there are different types of gender. But I say that there are 2, Male and Female. Except some choose not to be either of those, some people change… etc… etc… but I found a list of terms:

Male to Female (MtF)- When somebody that is assigned as a male at birth identifies as a female
Female to Male (FtM)- When somebody that is assigned as a female at birth identifies as a male
Binary- The genders at each end of the gender spectrum (male and female)
Non-Binary- An umbrella term for genders that fall somewhere in the middle of the gender spectrum and are neither strictly male or female. This can be used as a gender identification without further explanation. Sometimes the term, genderqueer , is used.
Genderfluid- Moving between genders or having a fluctuating gender identity
Agender- Not identifying with any gender. Sometimes referred to as being genderless or gendervoid
Bigender- Identifying as two genders, commonly (but not exclusively) male and female. Sometimes you feel like both genders at the same time and sometimes you fluctuate.
Polygender- When you identify with multiple genders at once. Sometimes referred to as multigender.
Neutrois- When you identify as agender, neither male nor female, and/or genderless
Gender Apathetic- When you really do not identify nor care about any particular gender. You are fine passing off as whatever and you really do not have an opinion towards your own gender.
Androgyne- This term overlaps a lot between gender identification and presentation. It can be used to describe others and as an identification. This term is used to describe people who are neither male nor female or are both male and female. Basically anyone who does not fit into a binary gender category.
Intergender- Somebody who’s gender is somewhere between male and female
Demigender- When you feel as if you are one part a defined gender and one or more parts an undefined gender. Terms can include demigirl , demiboy , demiagender , ect.
Greygender- Somebody with a weak gender identification of themselves
Aporagender- Somebody with a strong gender identification of themselves that is non-binary
Maverique- A non-binary gender that exists outside of the orthodox social bounds of gender
Novigender- A gender that is super complex and impossible to describe in a single term
Designated gender- A gender assigned at birth based on an individuals sex and/or what gender society percieves a person to be
AFAB- Assigned Female At Birth
AMAB- Assigned Male At Birth
Gender roles- Certain behaviors an activities expected/considered acceptable of people in a particular society based upon their designated gender
Gender Presentation- The gender you present yourself to others. This is sometimes referred to as gender expression
Transitioning - The process of using medical means to change your sex
Intersex- A biological difference in sex that is when people are born with genitals, gonads, and/or chromosomes that do not match up exactly with male or female. Intersex individuals can have any romantic/sexual orientation and can have any gender identification. Intersex individuals are about as common as redheads.
Dyadic- Someone who is not intersex and when their gentinals, gonads, and chromosomes can all match into either a male or female category
Trans Woman- Someone who is assigned as a male at birth, but identifies as a woman
Trans Man- Someone who is assigned as a female at birth, but identifies as a man
Trans Feminine- Someone who identifies as feminine, but identifies as neither a man nor a woman. They must also be assigned male at birth.
Trans Masculine- Someone who identifies as masculine, but identifies as neither a man nor a woman. They must also be assigned female at birth.
Social Dysphoria- Discomfort experienced when acting in ways socially different than your gender or being addressed in ways different to your gender
Body Dysphoria- Discomfort experienced because of the difference between gender and your sex, role, or gender expression
Butch- A term used to describe someone who’s gender expression is more masculine than feminine. This is commonly used in describing women or lesbians.
Femme (Fem)- A term used to describe someone who’s gender expression is more feminine than masculine. This is commonly used in describing women or lesbians.
Binarism - Putting gender strictly into two categories (male and female) and refusing to acknowledge genders outside of male and female.

So yeah after reading this I’m not sure if there are just two. But there is a difference between types of gender and actual gender. Like in this list.

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Yes, gender is literally a social construct. “You’re a woman? Wear pink, dresses, heels and skirts, and be a good wife.” (this is bs though)

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And teabiscuit, although it’s not really a gender. :rofl::white_heart:

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The way I was taught, there are three sexes and three categories of gender. That’s the way we use it for scientific stuff in Austria

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There should be as many genders as needed for everyone to be happy. It could be 3 or 29382, it doesn’t matter as long as everyone finds a gender identity that they’re happy with :eyes::sparkles::green_heart:

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It has more to do with what a person identify as. Someone can have the qualities of only one gender and still identify themselves as both. Gender is more about how a person feel about their bodies, the qualities are more used to identify sexes (I hope that it’s not confusing :sweat_smile:)
I agree with @Duckling too, I’m fine with having as many genders as people want to

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bilogily there is two. womam and male. and I refer to people in that gender I think they are, if its wrong they will correct me. and then I will try to refer to what that is. (and by try I mean getting my brain to coprate with it because my brain suck at changing stuff it decide what is already)

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As many genders as people want. A gender is about you and the way you think, it has nothing to do with your body

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