Debinarizing gender
gendrendr
contains a simple set of functions designed to highlight the inaccuracy and violence of assigning genders to others.
The premise is as follows:
gendrendr
is being developed and the API is evolving.
v0.1.2
has been submitted to CRAN (although it was accidentally labeled v0.1.1 in the DESCRIPTION
).
You can install the gendrendr
R package from github:
install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("dapperstats/gendrendr")
The main function gendr
is used to highlight the issues associated with assigning gender to an individual. It can take multiple names, locations, languages, years, and methods:
library(gendrendr)
gendr(names = "Sam", years = 1920:2020, locations = "United States", languages = "English", methods = "standard")
It also makes assumptions about the inputs, so you could functionally run gendr
with defaults:
gendr()
J. L. Simonis is presently the sole author of gendrendr
.
If you are interested in contributing, see the Contributor Guidelines and Code of Conduct.
The following individuals made small contributions to the code:
The package is a counter to and commentary on the perpetuation of gender stereotypes in the study of gender.
The name gendrendr
was proposed by Lewis Bartlett as an edit to my initial genderEnder
on the #Rstats twitter and means “one who ends gender”, which I believe to be a righteous label for oneself. I am a gender-ender. #LGBTQIAinSTEM #NBinSTEM
The logo includes the ∅ symbol, which means an “empty set” and is used by some non-binary (specifically, neutrois) individuals as a symbol to reference themselves. I use this symbol personally. The brick motif and the ∅’s arm “breaking” it are a reference to Stonewall and the use of building materials (bricks) to start riots, breakdown buildings, and dismantle structures. The green color is presently not part of the USAmerican gender color schema.