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In its most common rudimentary usage gender represents the distinction between the sexes of living beings, including humans.
The usage of this term falls into several areas.
For usages relating to sex and human relations see
- Gender and sexuality studies
- Gender studies
- Sexual orientation
- Transgender
- Legal aspects of transsexualism
- Hate crime
- Patriarchy
- Psychology
For usages relating to grammar and linguistics see
For the use of the term in literary criticism see
For usages in biology see
Situations sometimes arise where gender may be mimicked by inanimate objects, notably in cable connectors that have male and female counterparts. In this context see