female
Let an agent explain the category female as used for humans in data, biology, law and language, distinguish sex, legal sex and gender identity as bases of classification with attribution, relay statistical and legal frameworks, and treat the category respectfully and neutrally.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Concept What the category means.
Definition
Definition and bases.
Definition
Definition.
- What does female mean as a category for humans, and on what bases is it defined in different contexts? definition
- Is the question about biological sex, legal sex or gender identity, and is the basis stated? boundary
Terms
Related terms.
Terms
Terms.
- How do female, woman, girl and kinship terms relate? definition
- Which entry fits the specific term? action
Data Data and statistics.
Statistics
Statistical classification.
Statistics
Statistics.
- How do censuses and surveys classify sex and gender, and what standards apply? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Law
Legal sex.
Law
Law.
- How is legal sex registered and recognised, and how does it vary by country? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and neutral? boundary
Debate Definitions and debate.
Definitions
Contested definitions.
Definitions
Definitions.
- What positions exist on defining the category by sex or by gender identity, with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and respectful? boundary
Language
Respectful language.
Language
Language.
- What guidance exists on respectful and precise language about sex and gender? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Context Biology and history.
Biology
Biological basis.
Biology
Biology.
- How is female defined in biology, and what variations exist? provenance
- Which entry fits sex determination? action
History
History of the category.
History
History.
- How have categories of sex and gender been recorded and understood historically? provenance
- Which entry fits gender studies? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
- Other names and narrower kinds
- granddaughter-in-law, Kikelomo Atanda-Owo, Deisy and Sarah Teles, Jennifer and Natalie Jo Campbell, naked female, Azai sisters, Annonciate Sendazirasa, Paige and Ryanne Kettner, Rebecca Heiss, Kate & Kacey, Pekinel Sisters, Zeny & Zory
What it is Filled
In the registry sense, a human of the female sex or gender, used as a gendered category for classifying people in data, statistics, biology and law, covering girls and women across ages and roles, and in kinship terms such as granddaughter-in-law; the category is defined variously by biological sex, legal sex or gender identity depending on context, and the registry entry also gathers aliases naming individual people, which are noise.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the category female as used for humans in data, biology, law and language, distinguish sex, legal sex and gender identity as bases of classification with attribution, relay statistical and legal frameworks, and treat the category respectfully and neutrally.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Gendered category
- Multiple bases of classification
- Used in data and law
- Subject of definitional debate
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Infer a person's sex or gender from names, images or voice without their own statement.
- Use the category to discriminate against women and girls.
- Describe women in reductive, sexualised or disrespectful ways.
- Present contested definitions of sex and gender as settled.
Only with a human decision
- Recording or changing a person's sex or gender in official records.
May
- Use female as a category in data with the basis stated, such as sex recorded at birth or self-identified gender.
- Report statistics on women and girls from official sources.
Moral aspects Filled
- Data categories affect how women are counted, served and protected.
- Misclassification and stereotypes harm women, girls and transgender people.
Who is affected
- Women and girls
- Transgender and intersex people
- Users of statistics
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the category; statistics offices and record keepers answer for its use in data.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q99485732 - registry parent class
related
- gendered - in registry terms
- human - by sex or gender
- male - the other binary category
- woman - the adult female
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.female
- Wikidata: Q6581072 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6581072)
- ISO 5218: 2 code for female
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- share of world population: about 49.7 percent - UN estimates
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Human of the female sex or gender
- Basis varies: biological, legal or identity
- Female as an adjective applies to organisms generally; woman refers to adult females
- No defining appearance; a classification of people.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the category and its bases
- distinguish sex, legal sex and gender identity
- relay statistical and legal frameworks
- use respectful language
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Conflating sex and gender without stating the basis
- Disrespectful or reductive framing
- Presenting contested definitions as settled
- Registry alias noise naming individuals
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- ISO 5218 codes for the representation of human sexes
- Census and survey standards on sex and gender questions
- Legal sex registration and recognition laws
- Anti-discrimination law
Context of use required Filled
- Classifying people by sex or gender in data and language.
- girls and women by age
- female roles in kinship such as daughter, granddaughter-in-law and mother
- female in biological classification
- female as legal sex on documents
- female as gender identity in surveys
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q6581072: female - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Female (gender) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should woman and girl be the primary linked entries?
- How should statistical standards be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming individual people and unrelated terms; should they be removed?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q6581072/spec.json