For example, a transgender woman might present as masculine, or a nonbinary person might present as feminine. Somebody might “present” as one gender when they actually identify with another. Gender presentation is often used interchangeably with “gender expression” in the sense that it’s how you present your gender (whether you intend to or not) externally. Your gender expression might match what society expects of your gender, or it might subvert it. Many do this through clothing, behavior, gesticulations - anything people might associate with gender. Gender expression, on the other hand, is how you express your gender identity. It’s how you, as an individual, conceptualize your own gender. Your gender identity is your personal sense of self. This doesn’t mean that sex and gender aren’t real, but that the way people conceptualize them isn’t set into the fabric of the universe - it can, and does, change. The categories used for sex and gender are socially constructed. In reality, neither gender nor sex is binary.
Many people grew up with a simplistic idea of gender and sex: that there are two sexes, male and female, that “match” with two genders, man and woman. Some people are intersex or have a difference of sexual development (DSD). Your genitals, hormones, and chromosomes all relate to your sex.Īlthough many are taught that there are only two sexes - male and female - that isn’t true. Sex refers to biological and physiological characteristics. The term can also refer to socially constructed categories that relate to what it means to be a man or a woman. Gender is an identity - your personal sense of who you are. However, gender and sex actually refer to two separate things. Many people use the terms “gender” and “sex” interchangeably.
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