gender identity (redirected from Girl oriented)

identity /iden·ti·ty/ (i-den´tit-e) the aggregate of characteristics by which an individual is recognized by himself and others.

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gender identity  a person's concept of himself as being male and masculine or female and feminine, or ambivalent.

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gender identity

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A person's sense of being male or female, resulting from a combination of genetic and environmental influences.

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gender identity,

the inner sense of maleness or femaleness. Differentiation of gender identity begins in infancy, continues throughout childhood, and is reinforced during adolescence. Also called core gender identity.

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Gender Identity

The inner conviction that one is male, female, ambivalent, or neutral

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identity [i-den´tĭ-te]

the aggregate of characteristics by which an individual is recognized by himself and others.

disturbed personal identity a nursing diagnosis accepted by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, defined as the inability to distinguish between the self and nonself.

gender identity a person's concept of himself or herself as being male and masculine or female and feminine, or ambivalent, usually based on physical characteristics, parental attitudes and expectations, and psychological and social pressures. It is the private experience of gender role.

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gender identity

Core gender identity 'The inner conviction that one is male, female, ambivalent, or neutral.'GI is a major personality trait, that develops in the first 2 yrs of life, and is 'fixed' by the 3^rd yr. Cf Transsexual.