Gender identity
Gender identity (or core gender identity) is a person’s own sense of identification as male or female. The term is intended to distinguish this psychological association, from physiological and sociological aspects of gender. Gender identity is how one personally identifies their/hir/her/his/yo’s gender regardless of their sex characteristics. It does not have to be either man or woman, but can be a combination of feminine, masculine and androgynous feelings. Gender identity was originally a medical term used to explain sex reassignment surgery to the public.[1] The term is also found in psychology, often as core gender identity.[2] Sociology, gender studies and feminism are still inclined to refer to gender identity, gender role and erotic preference under the catch-all term gender. Some workers in the field have suggested that gender identity is affected by “genetic, prenatal hormonal, postnatal social, and postpubertal hormonal determinants.
