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Gender is a social construct. Sex is a matter of biology. Those aren't the same thing.
by jnwatson 6y ago
Gender is a social construct. Sex is a matter of biology. Those aren't the same thing.
- aeturnum 6y agoI agree they aren't the same thing, but I would say that both sex and gender are impacted by biology so I'm not sure that's a useful dividing line. It's true that male and female are two stable sexual categories, but the details of how you identify sex (and how each sex responds to treatments) ends up being very bimodal[1]. So the social categories of male sex and female sex overlay complicated, individual biological systems. [1] https://twitter.com/ScienceVet2/status/1035246030500061184 https://twitter.com/ScienceVet2/status/1035246030500061184
- dv_dt 6y agoWether, it's a useful dividing line has more to do with what question one is trying to answer via the line. Different questions are likely to use different concerns yielding different definitions.
- steveeq1 6y agoYou're playing with semantics.
- kleer001 6y agosemantics are important, they're how we communicate meaning
- lovegoblin 6y agoThe meanings of words, yes.
- TheCoelacanth 6y agoRight, and guess which one transgender people care about. The transphobic people who inevitably show up in threads like this don't seem to recognize the difference, though.
- kazinator 6y agoTransgender people care strictly about gender. Transsexuals care strictly about sex. With that out of the way, let us continue ...
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