Glossary of Terms

Gender

A way of perceiving things as masculine or feminine, including physical traits, dress, and behavior. Often used as a synonym for sex. (more)

 

Gender Characteristics

Primary or secondary sexual characteristics such as height, weight, shape, and facial/body hair. (more)

 

Gender Expression

The manifestation of an individuals fundamental sense of being masculine or feminine through clothing, behavior, grooming, etc. (more)

 

Gender Identity

An inner sense of being male or female. (more)

 

Gender Stereotypes

Mental templates we all have for how each sex should look, dress, and act. (more)

 

Gender Stereotyping

The act of trying to compel an individual's conformity to gender stereotypes.

 

School Violence

An umbrella term for a range of aggressions at school, from fistfights to school shootings. Also increasingly used to encompass severe social violence use to humiliate or harm.

 

Sex

Biological sex, as evidenced by chromosomes, body type, genitals, and physical characteristics.

 

Transgender

An umbrella term that includes individuals who have or want to change sexes or crossdress.

 

Transsexual

A specific term for someone who has or wants to change sexes.