Meanings
plural genderbread people
- A simple diagram of a person with symbols over the brain, heart, and groin to represent a person's gender identity, orientation, and biological sex as separate aspects of the person, with a further label indicating outward gender expression.
Have you ever been asked to complete a genderbread person? This person looks like a gingerbread cookie, but instead of drawing icing and eyes, you indicate your biological sex, your gender identity, and who you are sexually attracted to.
2022, Mary E. Kite; Bernard E. Whitley, Jr.; Lisa S. Wagner, Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination1 more example
He notes that schools are using cartoon characters such as a “genderbread person” or unicorn to indoctrinate students, beginning with seventh graders, to believe that one's biological sex, psychological sense of sex, manner of dress, and erotic feelings are independent of one another.
2019, David Limbaugh, Guilty By Reason of Insanity: Why The Democrats Must Not Win
Origin
From blend of gender + gingerbread, from the resemblance to a gingerbread man.
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