Gendercide and its cultural components The topic of Gendercide is not as much in the public eye as researchers would like. However, it appears to be a debated topic among professionals. The definition alone has some arbitrary research. The term gendercide originated in the mid-1980s by Mary Anne Warren, where she called it “the deliberate extermination of people of a particular sex” (as cited by Jones, 2006). The main focus during his early work on gendercide was women and girls. It also focuses on the infanticide of female fetuses; in other words, the sex selection that occurs in some cultures around the world. He did not reject the idea that the victims of such discriminatory killings could also be men. This is why Warren rejected the term gynocide coined by Mary Daly around the same time. Charli Carpenter explains that to establish a correct definition of gendercide it is important to distinguish between sex and gender (2002). Gender is a term related to social beliefs about what and how a person's sex should be represented or identified. Gender identity is governed by the person and is the sense of what kind of man or woman they are, therefore, how they should behave in a certain situation. Gender discourses are the attributes given to men and women, for example men are aggressive, women are nurturing. Gender discourses generate gender ideologies that shape behaviors based on these attributes. This is what creates our gender norms. Sex refers to a person's biology, as opposed to their sociology and psychology. The sex/gender topic is one that can be talked about for a lifetime, and researchers may never arrive at a straight answer. Carpenter wants the two to be differentiated... half of article......ional Journal of Human Rights,6(4), 77-101.DeLugan, R.M. (2013). Denouncing gendercide in India and China. Current Anthropology, 54(5), 649-650. Epstein, C. F. (2010). Death by gender. Dissent, 57(2), 54-57.Holter, Ø. G. (2002). A theory of gendercide. Journal of Genocide Research,4(1), 11-38.Jones, A. (2000). Gendercide and genocide. Journal of Genocide Research,2(2), 185-211.Jones, A. (2002). Problems of genocide-gendercide studies and future programs: a comparative approach. Journal of Genocide Research, 4(1), 127-135.Jones, A. (2006). Hetero as a rule Heteronormativity, gendercide and the non-combatant male. Men and Masculinities, 8(4), 451-469.Jones, A. (2013). Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction. Routledge. Warren, M. A. (1985). Gendercide: the implications of sex selection (p. 22). Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Allanheld.