Male
Male is a miaspec gender. It is part of the Western gender binary and is often associated with masculinity and a connection to boyhood, as defined by one's society.
It includes cisgender, transgender, genderqueer and non-binary men. Some non-binary individuals individuals may have a partial connection to being a man/boy or masculinity, in which case they may identify as a non-binary man, man-aligned and/or miaspec.
"Male" is often used to denote sexual traits, and is typically not used in general conversation, it is also sometimes used to exclude transmasculine individuals. Man is a term used for adults[1], while boy is used for children and teenagers[2]. "Guy" is typically used casually in conversation, typically used for younger men[3].
Individuals who are assigned male at birth are often raised with the expectations that they will identify as men, but not all AMAB individuals are men nor are all men AMAB. While identifying as a man is often associated with masculinity and a masculine gender expression, men do not have to present in a masculine manner, and not all individuals who are masculine identify as men.
Alternate Names
- Man
- Guy
- Boy
Pronunciation
- Phonetic: meyl
- IPA: meɪl
- Phonetic: man
- IPA: mən
- Phonetic: gay
- IPA: gaɪ
- Phonetic: boy
- IPA: bɔɪ
Definitions
- an adult male human being - cambridge[1]
Community
Statistics
It is estimated that out of 1,000 individuals, 50.4% are men and 49.6% are women. However, males are at a higher risk of death, leading to that difference evening out before increasing in the opposite direction[4].
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Gallery
Flags
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Man flag
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Male flag
The man flag was designed by Tumblr user Trinitinic on December 29, 2017. The dark blue represents binary men, light blue represents those who identify partially as men, and white represents multigender individuals who have man as one of their genders. This post has since been deleted.
The male flag was designed by acro-pluris on September 18, 2020 based on a stamp by DeviantArt user SilenceTheFox[5][6]. There is no known meaning.
Other
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Man symbol