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I think there's a distinction to be made here between sex, the biological facet, and gender, the cultural construct that maps to sex - or more accurately, maps
by w0de0 5y ago
I think there's a distinction to be made here between sex, the biological facet, and gender, the cultural construct that maps to sex - or more accurately, maps our assumptions, myths, and platitudes about sex to an expected set of behaviors.
- TulliusCicero 5y agoThat's fair, I should've said sex differences instead of gender differences.
- slowmovintarget 5y ago"Gender perception" or "gender presentation" perhaps. But for the longest time "gender" meant one's biological sex. We should, instead, talk about personality as affected by gender, and behavior as influenced by personality and culture, including assumed or adopted gender norms. What the article says is that personality is affected by gender. Behavior is influenced by more than just personality. These are distinctions in cause and effect, which tend to be blurred together when using political language. Personality (ex ante) and behavior (ex post) distinctions keep getting wrapped around the axle of these attempted redefinitions.
- Spinnaker_ 5y agoThere is a distinction, but you can't simply separate sex into biology and gender into cultural construction. There is still much debate as to how much of this set of behaviours is biological. Many animals exhibit sex roles.