Hello, everyone. This is Chris.
I'm the English teacher on Learn British English Free, the YouTube channel.
Thanks for watching me again and really appreciate your support with the last video with some
trouble
so thanks for that.
I hope to carry on teaching you free online like this.
I have some topics coming up which are important in modern times
for various societal reasons.
This time: sex or gender.
An important distinction to make. By sex, I don't mean the mythical act between two
people who love each other
but rather the definition about a person.
So when people talk about someone's sex, they mean are they male or female biologically.
There's a difference - sex and gender.
Sex - to do with the body - male or female.
However, gender - there are many more definitions and this is an area I wanted to get into.
I've put the list of some genders which are currently listed officially.
It's in the description and it's in the subtitles as well.
So remember, ask about someone's sex: male or female.
But gender is where it gets more interesting.
I haven't provided the definitions because they're too complicated and I don't know all
of them myself
but this is some pronunciation and you can have a search for any that you don't know.
Please read with me. I'll say each one twice to help you pronounce it correctly:
Agender Agender
Androgyne /ˈandrədʒʌɪn/ Androgyne /ˈandrədʒʌɪn/
Androgynous Androgynous
Bigender Bigender
Cis Cis
Cis Female Cis Female
Cis Male Cis Male
Cis Man Cis Man
Cis Woman Cis Woman
Cisgender /sɪsˈdʒɛndə/ Cisgender /sɪsˈdʒɛndə/
Cisgender Female Cisgender Female
Cisgender Male Cisgender Male
Cisgender Man Cisgender Man
Cisgender Woman Cisgender Woman
Female to Male Female to Male
FTM FTM
Gender Fluid Gender Fluid
Gender Nonconforming Gender Nonconforming
Gender Questioning Gender Questioning
Gender Variant Gender Variant
Genderqueer Genderqueer
Intersex Intersex
Male to Female Male to Female
MTF MTF
Neither Neither
Neutrois Neutrois
Non-binary Non-binary
Other Other
Pangender Pangender
Trans Trans
Trans Female Trans Female
Trans Male Trans Male
Trans Man Trans Man
Trans Person Trans Person
Trans Woman Trans Woman
Transfeminine Transfeminine
Transgender Transgender
Transgender Female Transgender Female
Transgender Male Transgender Male
Transgender Man Transgender Man
Transgender Person Transgender Person
Transgender Woman Transgender Woman
Transmasculine Transmasculine
Transsexual Transsexual
Transsexual Female Transsexual Female
Transsexual Male Transsexual Male
Transsexual Man Transsexual Man
Transsexual Person Transsexual Person
Transsexual Woman Transsexual Woman
Two-Spirit Two-Spirit
We have finished the list. Remember - sex - male or female biologically.
Gender is different as per society and how the person identifies themselves.
I've put the source for the list of genders at the bottom. Please read it if you're interested
in that.
I hope this was useful. It might be different in many countries as to the genders
how many are current - how many are recognised -
please write comments if you want to discuss this topic. It will be interesting.
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