Gender identity refers to a person’s internal and personal understanding of themselves as a man, a woman, or beyond the anglocentric and colonialist gender binary. There are various traditions, and not all societies and cultures adhere to a gender binary. Additionally, the concept of gender differs across cultures, and many societies have more than two traditional genders. Not all societies are even organised around gender.
Interpersonal attraction refers to different types of attractions including affectional, romantic, erotic, and/or emotional attractions. Although some people describe attractions in terms of partner gender in relation to one’s own gender (e.g., gay, straight, bisexual, pansexual etc.), there are multiple dimensions of attraction distinct from that simplistic and heteronormative classification system.
In some societies, gender and attraction are integrated into terminology, while in others they are distinct.
Gender identity ≠ Interpersonal attraction by Rae Sabine
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