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In medicine, at least in my experience, the terms are used fairly interchangeably.
by LostJourneyman 7y ago
In medicine, at least in my experience, the terms are used fairly interchangeably.
- JasonFruit 7y agoI wonder why that is.
- noobiemcfoob 7y agoSimilar with scientists in my experience. Though it's more easily explained as the older generation sees the terms as interchangeable or not worth arguing about. The younger generation tends to use sex specifically and might call out improper use of gender. // "MICE DON'T HAVE GENDER!!!!" <- something I've heard at high volume too many times
- FearNotDaniel 7y agoInteresting the way it changes within a couple of generations, the "older generation" in my day, i.e. my dad - a linguist - would call out the then-modern interchangeable usage, by insisting "nouns have a gender, people have a sex!"