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Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity. [1] [2] Depending on the context, this may include sex -based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender expression.
The parentheses-enclosed information at the end of each word's entry starts with the original Yiddish term in Hebrew script, the Latin script transliteration, and the literal English translation (if different from the English definition given earlier). This may be followed by additional relevant languages (mostly Hebrew and German).
Alternative etymologies[edit] While modern scholars and the Oxford English Dictionary [34] state that the origin of the name Baphomet was a probable Old French version of "Mahomet", [18] [29] alternative etymologies have also been proposed.
Shiksa ( Yiddish: שיקסע, romanized : shikse) is an often disparaging, [1] although not always, term for a gentile [a] woman or girl. The word, which is of Yiddish origin, has moved into English usage and some Hebrew usage (as well as Polish and German ), mostly in North American Jewish culture .
The woman is called ishah, woman, with an explanation that this is because she was taken from ish, meaning "man"; the two words are not in fact connected. Later, after the story of the Garden is complete, she will be given a name, Ḥawwāh (Eve).
Fornication is generally consensual sexual intercourse between two people not married to each other. [1] [2] When one or more of the partners having consensual sexual intercourse is married to another person, it is called adultery.
Sex–gender distinction. While in ordinary speech, the terms sex and gender are often used interchangeably, [1] [2] in contemporary academic literature, the terms often have distinct meanings, especially when referring to people. Sex generally refers to an organism's biological sex, while gender usually refers to either social roles typically ...
In traditional usage, man (without an article) itself refers to the species or to humanity (mankind) as a whole. The Germanic word developed into Old English mann. In Old English, the word still primarily meant "person" or "human," and was used for men, women, and children alike. [1] [2] The sense "adult male" was very rare, at least in the ...