Mesh term Gender Identity
Browse to parent terms:Identification (Psychology)
Psychosexual Development
Description
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.Browse to child terms:
Femininity
Masculinity
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