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'''Gender Arity''' or '''Leptarity''' is a [[Leptivity|leptive]] method of describing gender systems. It categorizes gender system based on the number of established/existing gender categories within one's experience or within a given culture.<ref>https://leptrois.tumblr.com/post/186155369267/leptarity-gender-arity</ref> The most well known gender arity is the Western [[
==Arities==
* Nullary: A system in which no gender categories exists. Or a conceptualization of gender that is not linked to any arity at all.
* Unary/monary: A system in which one gender category exists.
* Binary: A system in which two gender categories exist. It is most commonly understood to be male and female, and is present in Western cultures. The terms [[abinary]] and [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] are derived from this, showing a gender that is unrelated to the gender binary.
* [[Trinary|Trinary/
* Quadnary/Quadrinary/Quaternary: A system in which four gender categories exist.
* Quinary/Quinternary: A system in which five gender categories exist. It is present in traditional Bugis culture.
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