Gender

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/gender

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is gender?Gender is how people feel inside and how they show it to others, like a special way of being. It includes identity, expression, and roles.
2. How is gender different from the sex we are born with?Sex at birth is about body parts, while gender is about how we feel and act inside.

Gender Identity: An individual's internal sense of being male, female, both, neither, or somewhere else on the gender spectrum.
Gender Expression: The outward presentation of one's gender, often through appearance, behavior, and mannerisms.
Cisgender: An individual whose gender identity aligns with the sex assigned to them at birth.
Transgender: An umbrella term for individuals whose gender identity differs from the sex assigned to them at birth.