Board Thread:Administrator Noticeboard/@comment-5384369-20140623032824/@comment-5384369-20140624053100

Before, I spent who knows how long trying to explain to you what the difference is between all of them I listed and yours... People aren't discriminated just based on race, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. And I can assure you, people can definitely be discriminated against on the basis of etc. There is a reason why work stores and universities and most institutions have long lists that prohibits discrimination against people: Because it happens. I've seen it happen on this wiki, I hear it in the streets, I read it in the news, I see it on television, and I can feel it being shoved down my own throat, and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

It's not as "obvious" as you may think. The world is not perfect, and here is not perfect. It has happened. It does happen. It can happen. And most likely, at one point or another, it will happen.

I really hoped you looked into more of this like I suggested for a larger scale of comprehension. You know, you used the exact same argument in the last thread to, and that is the reason for why I typed about 3 pages explaining what each term meant. Most words have different meanings, I didn’t just think of other words that are synonyms and replace a certain word here and there. They are legitimately different subjects. And I just assumed that "Ok, thank you, Red." would mean that you read what I wrote and understood the difference between them.

But let me try again: Some people probably have opposing views on what may be classified as cyber bullying and discrimination towards someone, again, outside of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and/or sexual orientation. I was hoping that you would recognize that there are more that I listed that are much more specific. I thought that the word “etc.” doesn’t exactly cover all of it.

Mine:
 * Race
 * Religion
 * Color
 * National origin
 * Sex
 * Sexual orientation
 * Marital status
 * Political opinions and affiliations
 * Age
 * Disability
 * Pregnancy
 * Genetic information
 * Gender identity or expression
 * Veteran status
 * Culture
 * Cultural identity
 * Nationality
 * (Physical) appearance
 * Employment
 * Ancestry
 * (Social) class

Wikis:
 * race
 * Gender
 * Ethnicity
 * Religion
 * Sexual orientation
 * Etc.

Now, let try to explain the difference again.
 * Ethnicity: is a person or group of people who identify with each other based on common ancestral, social, cultural, or national experience
 * National origin: is a particular country or part of the world you were born in
 * Difference: Ethnicity is more like a "name" of sorts that is given, such as being French or Korean. National origin is pretty self explanatory; the origin of your birth.


 * Race: is based on a race of people, like African or Caucasian
 * Color: (usually) only refers to the color of their skin. Although many races are defined by their skin color, there is a difference.
 * Difference: Race is more like being African or Caucasian, color is normally how a certain race is identified (sadly). For example, African Americans were/are considered “black” even though that’s not the correct word to use.


 * Sex: refers to biological differences such as a person’s chromosomes, hormonal profiles, internal and/or external sex organs.
 * Gender describes the characteristics (such as attitudes, feelings, and behaviors) that a society or culture associates with a person’s biological sex. Behavior that is compatible with cultural expectations is referred to as gender-normative; behaviors that are viewed as incompatible with these expectations constitute gender non-conformity.
 * Difference: Although normally used interchangeably, sex is really more of genetics and what you are classified as at birth. Gender is more of a certain characteristic that usually pertains to the actual sex. For example, sex is male or female, but gender is man or woman.


 * Sexual Orientation:  refers to the sex of those to whom a person is sexually and/or romantically attracted to.
 * Difference (between Sexual Orientation and Gender): Sexual Orientation is the preferred term used when referring to an individual's physical and/or emotional attraction to the same and/or opposite gender (Heterosexual, Homosexual, Bisexual, Asexual, Pansexual and so on) and gender is, like I mentioned earlier, describes the characteristics that a society or culture delineates as masculine (manly) or feminine (womanly).


 * Gender identity: is a person's internal psychological identification as a man, woman or transgender. It’s what we perceive and call ourselves, though most people develop a gender identity that matches their birth-assigned sex. Others, however, experience their gender identity as different or separate from their birth-assigned sex. Their “identity” and birth assigned sex aren’t congruent. Gender identity may be fluid or not, depending on the individual and their experiences.
 * Gender identity (Other) Gender-related identity can be shown by things like their medical history, care or treatment of the gender-related identity, consistent and uniform assertion of the gender-related identity or any other evidence that the gender-related identity is sincerely held, and an actual part of a person's core identity.
 * Difference (between Gender and Gender Identity): Gender is a characteristic. Gender identity is more of a persons’ psychological identification of a gender.
 * Difference (between Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity): Sexual orientation is more about relationships between 2 people (usually), but gender identity is about a “relationship” with yourself. It’s still about identifying who you are, but one is more about identifying attraction (or lack thereof) and the other is about identifying yourself.


 * Gender expression: is more of a person's expression of gender, like masculinity or femininity, a person's gender- related identity, appearance and/or behavior, whether or not that gender-related identity, appearance or behavior is different from what is traditionally associated with the person's physiology or assigned sex at birth.
 * Gender expression (other): is separate and distinct from both gender identity and sexual orientation, but it often leads people to make false assumptions about the gender identities and sexual orientations of others. But for the majority of society members who don’t identify as transgender, gender expression still applies — pretty much everyone who functions within society expresses gender, or is perceived as expressing gender. For the majority of societal members, gender expression conforms within the range of gender norms for the sex they were assigned as birth. Even genderqueer, androgynous, and intergender identified people are expressing gender — they’re just expressing it in a gender neutral manner.
 * Difference (between Gender and Gender Expression): Gender is about a characteristic, but gender expression is how a person actually acts upon that characteristic
 * Difference (between Gender Identity and Gender Expression): Gender expression is about external characteristics and behaviors shown, and gender identity refers to a person's innate, deeply felt psychological identification as male or female, which may or may not correspond to the person's body or designated sex at birth.


 * Marital Status: Whether you’re married or not.
 * Political Opinions: Freedom of thought
 * Political Affiliation: A political affiliation (also known as a political party) is a political organization that typically seeks to influence, or entirely control, government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. (Republicans, Democrats…)
 * Age: How old you are (being 15, you should already know about this occurring)
 * Disability: Again, hopefully you already know this one and it doesn’t need much explanation past: a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities or a disadvantage or handicap.
 * Pregnancy: Discrimination based on pregnancy does happen. Although a lot of the times, some people see having a child as a good thing, in certain circumstances, it’s not always ideal, especially if a person is being discriminated against because of it.
 * Genetic information: The information about genes, gene products, or inherited characteristics that could come from someone or a family member. It also can include things like an person’s family medical history, the results of an individual’s or family member’s genetic tests, the fact that an individual or an individual’s family member sought and/or received genetic services and so on.
 * Culture: is shared/societal values, ideals, beliefs of a group of people regardless of race and ethnicity
 * Cultural Identify: is a person’s chosen or adopted culture
 * Nationality: is the status of belonging to a particular nation by origin, birth, or naturalization or which nation a person identifies as their national origin
 * Physical Appearance: I’m hoping you know this one, but either way, it’s the outward/external look of a person
 * (Social) Class: is a set of concepts in the social sciences and political theory centered on models of social stratification in which people are grouped into a set of hierarchical social categories (Most commonly: upper, middle, and lower class)
 * Employment/Profession: is just that: what job you have/had.
 * Ancestry: refers to a person’s ethnic origin or descent, “roots,” heritage, or the place of birth of the person, the person’s parents, or their ancestors.
 * Veteran status: the status of whether someone has been a veteran or not.

Hopefully, you were able to successfully understand everything (because I seriously typed about 6 pages trying to explain it to you again). If not, I’ll just bring it to other users or other admins who might be able to explain it, or they’ll be able to see that there is a difference between “marital status, political options or afflictions, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity or expression, culture, cultural identity, nationality, (physical) appearance, employment, ancestry, (social) class” and “etc.”