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--- dc2:gender [2024/04/02 12:41] – shyriath
+++ dc2:gender [2024/08/27 14:42] (current) – shyriath
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 ====== G* (Gender) ======
-The original description for this tag says that "One's Gender is something that can influence how others treat you. However there's more to it than just one's physical appearance." Between this statement and the modifiers [[#/ (Discrepancy between mental and physical gender)|allowing one to distinguish "physical gender" and "mental gender"]], this tag is, by Internet standards, an early acknowledgement of the distinctions between what today we would call [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_assignment|assigned sex]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity|gender identity]], though the standard subtypes seem mostly focused on physical characteristics. Wyrm noted that, not having been present in the [[dc:|original code]], this tag's inclusion in the revised code was the result of a long and drawn-out discussion, so presumably some thought and consideration went into it.
+The original description for this tag says that "One's Gender is something that can influence how others treat you. However there's more to it than just one's physical appearance." Between this statement and the modifiers [[#/ (Discrepancy between mental and physical gender)|allowing one to distinguish "physical gender" and "mental gender"]], this tag is, by Internet standards, an early acknowledgement of the distinctions between what today we would call [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_assignment|assigned sex]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity|gender identity]], though the standard "genders" seem mostly focused on physical characteristics. Wyrm's site notes that, not having been present in the [[dc:|original code]], this tag's inclusion in the revised code was the result of a long and drawn-out discussion, so presumably some thought and consideration went into it.
 That said, the language and public understanding of issues of sex and gender have changed a lot in the last twenty-plus years. A Dragon Code designed in the modern day would probably have a very different-looking tag, or probably several tags, with different subtypes and updated terminology, allowing finer distinctions between assigned sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual and romantic orientation, etc.
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 Also, keep in mind that since the Revised Dragon Code was designed to allow description of not only nonhuman beings, but beings that do not make any appearance in our daily reality, how each term translates into actual features may vary; if there is such a thing as a male or female [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=due3u22Licw|sentient cloud]], for example, what that looks like would probably be considerably different than anything we're used to. Or, then again, maybe not.
-===== Standard subtypes =====
+===== Standard genders =====
 ==== Gf (Female) ====
 In humans, someone assigned female at birth (AFAB) is usually someone with XX chromosomes and equipped with a uterus and ovaries and, as an adult, boobs. In other species, your mileage may vary.
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 ===== Modifiers =====
 ==== > (In transition between two types) ====
-Used to indicate someone undergoing a change of sexual characteristics, presumably at a slower speed than indicated by the [[#G~ (Variable gender)|variable gender subtype]], with the beginning and the end states listed on either side of the symbol, ex. **Gm>n** for "I am a male who is changing to a neuter." There is no explicit distinction here between a real-world transition, involving things like hormone replacement and gender-affirming surgery, and some kind of shapeshifting.
+Used to indicate someone undergoing a change of sexual characteristics, presumably at a slower speed, or with a more permanent implied outcome, than indicated by the [[#G~ (Variable gender)|variable gender subtype]], with the beginning and the end states listed on either side of the symbol, ex. **Gm>n** for "I am a male who is changing to a neuter." There is no explicit distinction here between a real-world transition, involving things like hormone replacement and gender-affirming surgery, and some kind of shapeshifting.
 Though the sources do not specifically mention the use of this modifier with "[[#/ (Discrepancy between mental and physical gender)|mental gender]]", in principle there's no reason why it couldn't be, provided that there was a standard order of operations between **>** and **/**; consider **Gm>f/h** which could mean something like either "I am physically male transitioning to physically female, but I identify as non-binary" or "I am physically male but my gender identity is shifting from female to non-binary".