But, for now, any negotiation in which gender is involved remains a careful, precarious balancing act.
This reflects an old way of thinking about inequality, in which gender was the model.
This is just one of the many ways in which gender discrimination shadows us still, from cradle to grave.
I would propose that a less-religious world is not one in which gender equality will be more quickly achieved.
This is a world in which gender roles are much more closely defined, in which people suddenly feel confident commenting on a woman's body – sometimes even touching it.
With Caitlyn Jenner's public introduction and the televisual triumph of Transparent – 2015 was a year in which gender and sexuality discussions were at the fore.
Abby was well versed in gender theory, and could talk at length about the ways in which gender identity is culturally constructed.
I cheated a bit and read an interpretation that says these final moments represent the last descent of the gonads, in which gender is determined.
Ms. Ploug's work is dominated by manga, the Japanese cartoon world, in which gender and identity bend back and forth and women are as fierce as men.
This debut novel evokes a future world in which gender is unimportant, a transformation Leckie renders by exclusively referring to characters with the pronoun "she".
