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vr.tr.male · thing-q6581097

Enable an agent to interpret male correctly in human sex or gender records and lexical semantic-gender records, distinguish these uses and respect privacy and sex and gender diversity.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.PER
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Understand What male means.

Biology

Biological sense.

Biology

Biology.

  1. How is male defined biologically across organisms, and how does human sex determination work? definition
  2. Is the biological sex or a gender category meant? boundary

Gender

Sex and gender.

Gender

Gender.

  1. How do sex and gender differ, and how do intersex and transgender experiences relate to the category, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation respectful? boundary
Data Records and statistics.

Records

In records.

Records

Records.

  1. How should sex and gender fields be designed and recorded, according to data standards? provenance
  2. Which entry fits data standards? action

Statistics

In statistics.

Statistics

Statistics.

  1. How is the male category used in demographic and health statistics? provenance
  2. Which entry fits demography? action
Use Applying the category.

Individuals

For individuals.

Individuals

Individuals.

  1. When is it necessary to record or state a person sex, and how is privacy protected? boundary
  2. Which entry fits privacy law? action

Groups

Groups and characters.

Groups

Groups.

  1. How is the category applied to groups such as duos and to fictional characters in databases? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific database convention? action
Learn Science and society.

Science

Research.

Science

Science.

  1. What does research say about sex differences and their limits? provenance
  2. Which findings are contested? boundary

History

History of the category.

History

History.

  1. How have concepts of male and masculinity changed historically, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
thing
Plane
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Domain
SOC.PER
Other names and narrower kinds
Cody and Kurt Wetherill, Vytautas Didžiulis, Los Gemelos Diablo, Connor and Owen Fielding, Lətif Qasımov, Hermann Duft and Hans Wilhelm Bassenauer, Harris Brothers, naked male, Evan and Jaron, Geonu, Sangwoo, Ming and Ping

What it is Filled

Male is a data value used in sex or gender (P21) to indicate that a human subject is male, or in semantic gender (P10339) to indicate that a word refers to a male person.

Why it exists Filled

Enable an agent to interpret male correctly in human sex or gender records and lexical semantic-gender records, distinguish these uses and respect privacy and sex and gender diversity.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • In P21, the value characterizes a human subject within a sex or gender statement.
  • In P10339, the value indicates that a word refers to a male person.
  • The property and record context determine the meaning of the value.
  • The value alone does not establish anatomy, reproductive characteristics or the basis on which a person's sex or gender was recorded.
  • This sense does not cover organism-wide biological classification or classification of groups.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Assign male to a person from their name, voice or appearance without their statement.
  • Conflate sex and gender where the purpose needs only one of them.
  • Use the category to treat people unfairly where sex is irrelevant to the decision.
  • Disclose a person's recorded sex or a change to it beyond those with a lawful need.

Only with a human decision

  • Changing the recorded sex or gender of a person in an official record.

May

  • Record the value male in a sex or gender field when the person has stated it or a lawful record requires it.
  • Explain the difference between biological sex and gender categories in neutral terms.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Misgendering hurts people and recorded categories can expose them to discrimination.
  • Collecting sex or gender data without a need invades privacy.

Who is affected

  • Men and boys
  • Transgender and intersex people
  • People in data systems

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns the category; each record holder answers for how it is collected and used.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q99485732 - registry parent class

related

  • gendered - category
  • girl - a gendered category entry
  • gay men - a group of men
  • natural person - individuals in records

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.male
  • Wikidata: Q6581097 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6581097)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • The value is identified through its property and record context rather than a person's appearance.
  • A P21 statement concerns the human subject's recorded sex or gender.
  • A P10339 statement concerns a word's reference to a male person rather than a visual characteristic.
  • Not physical as a category.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain sex and category
  • distinguish sex and gender
  • support use in records
  • handle diversity respectfully

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Conflating sex and gender
  • Misgendering individuals
  • Applying the category without consent or need

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Data standards for sex and gender fields
  • Statistical classifications
  • Privacy and anti-discrimination law

Context of use required Filled

  • Sex and gender category for males.
  • male in biology
  • male sex recorded at birth
  • male as a gender category in records
  • male applied to groups and characters
  • male in statistics and research

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q6581097: male - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Male (gender) - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should sex and gender be separate entries?
  • How should data standards be linked?
  • How should diversity be represented?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q6581097/spec.json