> Why would you define this variation that's associated with behavior "gender"? People use imperfect analogies all the time. Also words can have multiple meani

> Why would you define this variation that's associated with behavior "gender"? People use imperfect analogies all the time. Also words can have multiple meanings, especially across different fields. No one is complaining that their electrical 'resistors' are confusing their understanding of non-violent resistance. > Isn't the whole distinction between gender and sex is one is biological and the other societal? In people. These are birds. See above about words having multiple meanings. > If there is a hereditary biological indicator that determines this behavior, shouldn't it fall outside of the gender concept? Why would it. A, applying the "gender concept" of humans to birds is silly. B, "hereditary biological indicators" and gender can overlap in humans too. > it could be easily observed and discussed without the confusion I don't see at all why it would be confusing, and no one else seems confused. The English language does this literally all the time.