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Among the general public, '''gender''' is often understood as the dichotomous relationship between male and female but scholars expand the concept to include a number of other categories as well. This is because gender is shaped by more than the purely biological traits that determine an individual's sex: it also depends on factors of sexual orientation and social context. | Among the general public, '''gender''' is often understood as the dichotomous relationship between male and female but scholars expand the concept to include a number of other categories as well. This is because gender is shaped by more than the purely biological traits that determine an individual's sex: it also depends on factors of sexual orientation and social context. | ||
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For other uses of this term, see Gender (disambiguation).
Among the general public, gender is often understood as the dichotomous relationship between male and female but scholars expand the concept to include a number of other categories as well. This is because gender is shaped by more than the purely biological traits that determine an individual's sex: it also depends on factors of sexual orientation and social context.