Gender essentialism is a theory which attributes distinct, intrinsic qualities to women and men. Based in essentialism, it holds that there are certain...

that kind of thing". The contrary view—non-essentialism—denies the need to posit such an "essence". Essentialism has been controversial from its beginning...

theories exist via which gender disappointment is generally explained: the gender discrimination theory, the gender essentialism theory and the parental...

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Strategic essentialism, a major concept in postcolonial theory, was introduced in the 1980s by the Indian literary critic and theorist Gayatri Chakravorty...

male victims of sexual violence or the gender-based violence of killing men because they are men. Gender essentialism also assumes that women are innately...

This is a list of gender identities. Gender identity can be understood to include how people describe, present, and feel about themselves. Abinary Agender...

cissexism". According to Mimi Marinucci, gender essentialism and sex essentialism are radical feminist views on gender, and are foundational to trans exclusionary...

Non-binary and genderqueer are umbrella terms for gender identities that are outside the male/female gender binary. Non-binary identities often fall under...

(often shortened to cis; sometimes cissexual) describes a person whose gender identity corresponds to their sex assigned at birth, i.e., someone who is...