> Likewise, sex and gender were always seen as one and the same and interchangeable. They’re often used interchangeably, but they’re two separate concepts: Se

> Likewise, sex and gender were always seen as one and the same and interchangeable. They’re often used interchangeably, but they’re two separate concepts: Sex is the body’s reproductive role - males produce sperm and inseminate females who produce ova and gestate fertilised eggs into mini-humans. Gender is a set of socially constructed stereotypes concerning how men and women should generally look, think, act and feel - traditionally men are masculine and women feminine. At least in the UK 2nd wave feminism sought to reject gender on the basis that it was sexist (discriminated between the sexes) in a way that limited and harmed particularly female people as individuals, but also males. They saw gender as part of a masculine / patriarchal (rule of the father) system of female oppression. I won’t write an essay (not what HNs is about) but that’s why some people have issues with gender being used as a synonym for sex.