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"male" and "female" refer to sex, not gender
by jwond 4y ago
"male" and "female" refer to sex, not gender
- a_shovel 4y agoUnless they're used in a discussion specifically about human biology, "male" and "female" can be assumed to refer to gender. The terminology isn't neatly separated, unfortunately.
- kbelder 4y agoAre you sure? My impression from common usage is the opposite. It's normally referring to biology, except under certain circumstances.
- a_shovel 4y agoIt depends on context. A discussion about "female singers" would probably be referring to gender. It's useful to have an adjective equivalent of "man" and "woman", so people use "male" and "female" to mean that. My main point isn't to establish one meaning as more common, but to point out that there's not one "correct" meaning. Terminology around sex and gender are not neatly divided and it's not always easily determined what meaning people are using.
- croes 4y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gender_identities https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gender_identities
- jwond 4y ago> Male is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male > Female is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete during sexual reproduction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female
- croes 4y agoFrom your links >In humans, the word male can also be used to refer to gender. >In humans, the word female can also be used to refer to gender.
- zeroonetwothree 4y ago> In humans, the word female can also be used to refer to gender. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female