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For questions relating to biological and social characterizations of gender and attributable differences in behavior and psychological processes based on these constructs.

Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity. Depending on the context, these characteristics may include biological sex (i.e. the state of being male, female or intersex), sex-based social structures (including gender roles and other social roles), or gender identity.