Gender binary  

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The gender binary, also referred to as gender binarism (sometimes shortened to just binarism), is the classification of sex and gender into two distinct, opposite and disconnected forms of masculine and feminine. It is one general type of a gender system. As one of the core principles of genderism, it can describe a social boundary that discourages people from crossing or mixing gender roles, or from identifying with third (or more) forms of gender expression altogether. It can also represent some of the prejudices which stigmatize intersex and transgender people, especially those that are genderqueer-identified — individuals who may not always fit neatly into the gender binary.

See also

• Androgyny
• Butch and femme
• Genderism
• Genderqueer
• Gender identity
• Gender role
• Gender systems
• List of transgender-related topics
• Non-binary discrimination
• Sexual dimorphism
• Transphobia