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Line 8: − ==Grammar== − {{main|gender (grammar)}} − '''Gender''' may also mean [[grammar|grammatical]] gender, an attribute of [[noun]]s, [[pronoun]]s, and [[adjective]]s in some [[language]]s. A word's grammatical gender may or may not correspond to the gender of what the word describes. Grammatical genders need not be limited to masculine and feminine, depending on the language; typical gender distinctions include masculine/feminine, masculine/feminine/neuter, and animate/inanimate. Not all languages have grammatical gender; for example, some languages have a single pronoun corresponding to the English "he," "she," and "it."
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Alternatively, "gender" may be defined to be the norm of social conduct, based on sex. That is, "sex" defines what is biologically present, whereas "gender" defines what society expects of persons of different sexes. The distinction is important in law, as it tends to forbid discrimination on the basis of either, e.g. effeminate men cannot be fired for not acting according to their "gender". In other areas the distinction is primarily important for more abstracted social and legal arguments, rather than everyday use.
Alternatively, "gender" may be defined to be the norm of social conduct, based on sex. That is, "sex" defines what is biologically present, whereas "gender" defines what society expects of persons of different sexes. The distinction is important in law, as it tends to forbid discrimination on the basis of either, e.g. effeminate men cannot be fired for not acting according to their "gender". In other areas the distinction is primarily important for more abstracted social and legal arguments, rather than everyday use.
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