gendercategorie
Gendercategorie, or gender category, is the label used to classify people according to gender in social, legal, and statistical contexts. It encompasses how a society perceives, names, or structures people’s gender, and can reflect self-identified gender, gender expression, or social role. In research and data collection, gendercategorie is used as a practical category that may differ from biological sex or from an individual's gender identity, depending on the context.
Common practices in many countries rely on binary categories such as male and female, especially in official
Cultural variation is substantial. Some cultures have long-standing third-gender or multiple-gender categories that do not map
Debates around gendercategorie include concerns about privacy, accuracy, and the risk of misclassification in data systems.
Related concepts include gender, sex, gender identity, gender expression, and gender role.