You think using the word 'gender' while describing the mating preferences of white-throated sparrows is "political activism"? Good grief. ... But I have to ask

You think using the word 'gender' while describing the mating preferences of white-throated sparrows is "political activism"? Good grief. ... But I have to ask: to what end? What political group is massively benefiting from this insidious ornithological analogy?