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I 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 th
by aeturnum 6y ago
I 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.