---
title: "Gender"
language: "en"
type: "Entity"
summary: "Canonical representations of human genders."
canonical_url: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/entity/Gender.html"
source: "Wolfram Language Documentation"
related_guides: 
  - 
    title: "Entity Types"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/EntityTypes.en.md"
---
# Gender

Canonical representations of human genders.

Entity["Gender", name] or Entity[...] represents an entity of type "Gender".

Entity[...][prop] gives the value of a specified property.

Entity[...][{propi, …}] gives the value of a list of properties.

EntityClass["Gender", {propi -> speci, …}] represents a class of entities with values of propi defined by speci.

## Sample Entities

* Entity["Gender", "Female"]Entity["Gender", "Male"]**…**

## Properties

|                |                  |
| -------------- | ---------------- |
| EntityClasses  | entity classes   |
| EntityTypeList | entity type list |
| Name           | name             |

## Details

* ``"Gender"`` entities represent the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman or other gender identity; they are distinct from biological sex, which primarily refers to physical characteristics.

* Some properties are available for the ``"Gender"`` entity type as a whole and can be given using the form ``EntityValue["Gender", property]``. Such properties include:

|                               |                                                                    |
| ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| "Properties"                  | the list of available properties                                   |
| "PropertyCanonicalNames"      | the standard names of available properties                         |
| "SampleEntities"              | a sample list of available entities (typically of length 10)       |
| "SampleEntityClasses"         | a sample list of available entity classes (typically of length 10) |
| "EntityCount"                 | number of entities available                                       |
| "Entities"                    | the list of available entities                                     |
| "EntityCanonicalNames"        | the standard names of available entities                           |
| "EntityClasses"               | the list of available entity classes                               |
| "EntityClassCanonicalNames"   | the standard names of available entity classes                     |
| "PropertyClasses"             | the list of available property classes                             |
| "PropertyClassCanonicalNames" | the standard names of available property classes                   |
| "PropertyCount"               | number of properties available                                     |

* The following annotations can be used in the third argument of ``EntityValue["Gender", property, annotation]`` :

|     |     |
| --- | --- |
| "Source" | source information for the property |
| "Date" | the date associated with the entity-property value (if any) |
| "EntityAssociation" | an association of entities and entity-property values |
| "PropertyAssociation" | an association of properties and entity-property values |
| "EntityPropertyAssociation" | an association in which the specified entities are keys, and values are a nested association of properties and entity-property values |
| "PropertyEntityAssociation" | an association in which the specified properties are keys, and values are a nested association of entities and entity-property values |
| "Dataset" | a dataset in which the specified entities are keys, and values are an association of property names and entity-property values |

* The following annotations can be used in the second argument of ``EntityValue[property, annotation]`` :

|                          |                                                                 |
| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| "Qualifiers"             | the list of possible qualifiers for the property                |
| "QualifierValues"        | the list of possible values that can be given to each qualifier |
| "DefaultQualifierValues" | the list of default values for the property's qualifiers        |
| "Description"            | a brief textual description of the property                     |
| "Definition"             | a detailed textual definition of the property                   |
| "PhysicalQuantity"       | the physical quantity associated with the entity-property value |
| "Unit"                   | the unit associated with the entity-property value              |

* A qualifier value of ``Automatic`` indicates that an applicable format of values can be used; e.g. for the ``"Date"`` qualifier, this includes a proper date or date span.

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## Examples (1)

### Basic Examples (1)

View the available entities:

```wl
In[1]:= EntityList["Gender"]

Out[1]= {Entity["Gender", "Male"], Entity["Gender", "Female"], Entity["Gender", "TransgenderMale::34lkd"], Entity["Gender", "TransgenderFemale::2ty6h"], Entity["Gender", "NonBinary::rfnj9"]}
```

These entities may be returned from various other entity types:

```wl
In[2]:= Entity["Person", "IsaacAsimov::74gz5"]["Gender"]

Out[2]= Entity["Gender", "Male"]

In[3]:= Entity["GivenName", {"Isolde", "UnitedStates", "female"}]["Gender"]

Out[3]= Entity["Gender", "Female"]
```

## Related Guides

* [Entity Types](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/EntityTypes.en.md)

## History

* [Introduced in 2019 (12.0)](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/SummaryOfNewFeaturesIn120.en.md)