A person's concept of self as being male and masculine or female and feminine, or
ambivalent, based in part on physical characteristics, parental responses, and psychological
and social pressures. It is the internal experience of gender role
Note publique d''information :
Socially-constructed identity of male or female
Note générale sur le champ d'application :
psychological; do not confuse with SEX CHARACTERISTICS (physiological); do not confuse
with SEXUAL ORIENTATION see SEX BEHAVIOR: gender identity is knowing that one is male
or female; sexual orientation is preferring heterosexual or homosexual behavior