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Gender This is the 8th in a series of articles which explain the Equality Act 2010 – in the last 7 editions we looked at age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, and religion or belief, writes Claire Bryant, Policy and Diversity Officer.
There are 9 ‘protected characteristics’ within the Act and the aim of these articles is to go some way to explain why the legislation is there. What are the 9 protected characteristics again? Age, disability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil
partnership, pregnancy and maternity, sex, ethnicity, and religion or belief. In this article we are looking at gender. As we know, determination of an embryo's sex is genetic, occurring at conception. This process involves chromosomes, which are the biological structures containing biological “blueprints,” or genes – making males (XY) and females (XX). Beginning at birth, most parents treat their children according to the child's gender. Children quickly develop a clear understanding that they are either female or male, adopting