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Gender
Gender is a set of characteristics distinguishing between male and female or masculine and feminine, particularly in the cases of men and women. Depending on the context, the discriminating characteristics vary from sex to social role to gender identity, with a distinction drawn between biological sex and gender as a role.
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See also:
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I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.
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― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
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A man once asked me ... how I managed in my books to write such natural conversation between men when they were by themselves. Was I, by any chance, a member of a large, mixed family with a lot of male friends? I replied that, on the contrary, I was an only child and had practically never seen or spoken to any men of my own age till I was about twenty-five. "Well," said the man, "I shouldn't have expected a woman (meaning me) to have been able to make it so convincing." I replied that I had cope
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― Are Women Human? Penetrating, Sensible and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society
― Are Women Human? Penetrating, Sensible and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society
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