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How do psychologists differentiate between the terms sex and gender?
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This is a distinction that everyone, not just psychologists, should make.
Sex is related to the genitalia and chromosomes; it is purely biological. Often this fits into the male/female mould, although intersexuality is more widespread than is commonly thought (and doesn't just take the form of external genitalia ambiguity).
Gender is how a person feels. It is generally conceived in the male/female mould as well, but in reality a person can have any gender, including none. Non-binary genders include (but are not limited to) genderqueer, pangender, bigender and agender. Gender is generally assigned on biological sex in our society, but the two operate independently.
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