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A person's [[sex]] may be distinguished from their [[gender]], which can refer to either social roles based on the sex of the person ([[gender role]]) or personal identification of one's own gender based on an internal awareness ([[gender identity]]).<ref name="Virginia">Prince, Virginia. 2005. "Sex vs. Gender." ''International Journal of Transgenderism''. 8(4).</ref><ref name="Carlson">{{cite book|author=Neil R., Carlson|title=Psychology: The science of behavior. Fourth Canadian edition|isbn = 978-0205702862|publisher=[[Pearson Education|Pearson]]|year=2010|pages=140–141}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gender and Genetics|url=https://www.who.int/genomics/gender/en/|access-date=2020-07-31|website=WHO}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sex & Gender |website=Office of Research on Women's Health|url=https://orwh.od.nih.gov/sex-gender|access-date=2020-07-31}}</ref>
Most contemporary social and behavioral scientists, and many legal systems, make a distinction between gender and sex.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kimmel|first=Michael S. |title=The gendered society|date=2017|isbn=978-0-19-026031-6|edition=Sixth |location=New York|pages=3|oclc=949553050}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=O'Halloran|first=Kerry |title=Sexual orientation, gender identity and international human rights law: common law perspectives|date=2020|isbn=978-0-429-44265-0|location=London|pages=109-316|oclc=1110674742}}</ref> In
In some circumstances, an individual's [[assigned sex]] and gender do not align, and the person may be [[transgender]].<ref name="Virginia"/> In other cases, an individual may have [[sex characteristics]] that complicate sex assignment, and the person may be [[intersex]].
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