gender
Let an agent discuss gender accurately, neutrally and respectfully, using people own terms, reflecting sourced definitions and legal frameworks, and avoiding stereotypes.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Concepts Which aspect.
Aspect
Identity, expression, roles.
Aspect
Aspect.
- Which aspect of gender is meant? definition
- How do reputable sources define it? provenance
Terms
Respectful language.
Terms
Terms.
- Which terms do the people concerned use for themselves? provenance
- Which terms are considered offensive? boundary
Law Rights.
Equality
Protection.
Equality
Equality law.
- Which equality protections apply here? provenance
- How can discrimination be reported? action
Recognition
Legal gender.
Recognition
Legal gender recognition.
- How is legal gender recognised in this country? provenance
- What procedures apply? definition
Data Statistics.
Collection
Questions.
Collection
Data collection.
- Is gender data needed, and how is it asked respectfully? boundary
- Which standard is used? provenance
Statistics
Gaps.
Statistics
Gender statistics.
- What do official statistics show about gender gaps? provenance
- How are categories defined? definition
Neutrality Balance and support.
Balance
Views.
Balance
Balanced account.
- Are contested positions attributed and presented fairly? boundary
- Is loaded language avoided? boundary
Support
Services.
Support
Support services.
- Which support services are available? action
- Is urgent help needed? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.QLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- cisgender, cisgender heterosexual man, straight white cisgendered men, cisgender heterosexual, cisfeminine, cismasculine, cisgender man, cisgender woman, bigender person, tumtum, intersex non-binary person, cisgender heterosexual woman
What it is Filled
The range of social, cultural and personal characteristics, roles and identities associated with being a woman, man, or other gender, distinct from but related to biological sex; includes gender identity, expression and gender norms.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent discuss gender accurately, neutrally and respectfully, using people own terms, reflecting sourced definitions and legal frameworks, and avoiding stereotypes.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Social and personal category
- Related to but distinct from sex
- Norms vary across cultures
- Protected characteristic in many laws
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Disclose or guess a person's gender identity or history without consent.
- Make decisions that discriminate by gender where the law forbids it.
- Present one contested view of gender as the only legitimate one.
- Produce content that harasses or demeans people for their gender.
Only with a human decision
- Recording or changing a person's gender in official or medical records.
May
- Explain concepts of gender with sources from several fields.
- Use the names and pronouns a person states for themselves.
Moral aspects Filled
- Gender shapes access to rights, safety and opportunity.
- Outing someone can expose them to violence.
Who is affected
- Women and girls
- Transgender and non-binary people
- All people subject to gender norms
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the concept; each person holds their own identity, with records kept by civil authorities.
Master systems
- Civil registers of birth and identity
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q116732893 - registry parent class
- Q205665 - registry parent class
- Q844569 - registry parent class
related
- social construct and identity - category
- sex (biology) - concept
- anti-discrimination law - law
- gender studies and sociology - fields
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.gender
- Wikidata: Q48277 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48277)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Concepts: gender identity, expression, roles
- Terms such as cisgender, transgender, non-binary
- Legal gender recognition varies by country
- Not a physical object; expressed through identity, roles and presentation.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- use the terms people use for themselves
- apply equality and anti-discrimination law
- collect gender data respectfully
- find support services
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Misgendering people
- Stereotyping
- Partisan framing of contested debates
- Collecting gender data unnecessarily
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- CEDAW
- National equality and gender recognition laws
- Statistical standards for sex and gender data
Context of use required Filled
- A social and personal category used in identity, law, statistics and equality work.
- gender identity
- gender expression
- gender roles and norms
- legal gender
- gender in statistics
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q48277: gender - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Gender - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should gender concepts be separate entries?
- How should contested debates be represented neutrally?
- How should legal frameworks be localised?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q48277/spec.json