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Gender
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This Condition on the Personal category tab in Search Builder
allows you to find people based on their gender.

The options are Male, Female, or Unknown.
If a record is created and a gender is not specified
the gender will by default be Unknown.

.. admonition:: Use Case - Only Records with a Gender

    If you wanted to insure that you were selecting *only those with a Gender on their record*,
    then select **One Of** and then pick **Male** and **Female**.
    You can also use **Not One Of** and select **Unknown**.

.. admonition:: Use Case - Clean Up your Data

    You can also select **Equal Unknown** to find everyone
    whose record is missing the Gender.
    You might be able to add the Gender by looking at
    any of several factors:

    #. The name itself is sometimes a clue to the gender.
       If the person is a Jr., that normally applies only to males.
    #. Look at Involvements. If the person is enrolled in a boy's class
       or a women's Bible study, those are clues as well.
    #. If the person is an adult and has a family, look at the Registration tob
       of the children. Frequently, the mother and father will be listed.
       This will help you determine the gender of the parent.