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How so? Other than http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ and specific gender/sex studies,

How so? Other than http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ and specific gender/sex studies, I haven't seen studies that make a distinction between gender and sex. Of course, if you want to make the distinction about biological sex, then you have to define which of the biological criteria and categories you're using, and even then you need more than two categories (http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/marriage.html http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/marriage.html).

Dewie 14y ago
"male/female" sounds like more of a biological taxonomy than "man/woman", to me.
- Mz 14y ago
  However, man/woman suggests biological/legal adult. Previous polls have established that there are legal minors using the site as well.
  - Dewie 14y ago
    This is getting ridicoulus
    - Mz 14y ago
      I honestly do not see why my observation should be viewed as any more ridiculous than yours.
      - Dewie 14y ago
        When someone asks if you are male or female, 99% will interpret it as "do you have a penis or a vagina?", not "do you identify as a man or a woman?", nor any other You seem to suggest that my interpretation is arbitrary, while I think it is the most colloquial. Do you honestly think that a 15 year old girl/boy would see this thread and think "well I am neither of those"? Or are you just deconstructing a very straightforward question by its edge cases to prove some kind of point that I'm missing?
        Mz 14y ago
        I think my point is more along the lines of "no matter how you ask it, someone is bound to be unhappy, feel discriminated against, etc". I know at age 17 I was not comfortable saying "I am a woman." That meant something to me that I felt I had not yet attained. I suspect minors mostly feel left out as is, just like transexuals feel left out in a thousand subtle ways by all kinds of linguistic implications that there is only male or female. Sorry it's such a big deal to you.
        Dewie 14y ago
        Fine then. I thought you were willfully splitting hairs, but that's not the case.

Dewie 14y ago

"male/female" sounds like more of a biological taxonomy than "man/woman", to me.

Mz 14y ago
However, man/woman suggests biological/legal adult. Previous polls have established that there are legal minors using the site as well.
- Dewie 14y ago
  This is getting ridicoulus
  - Mz 14y ago
    I honestly do not see why my observation should be viewed as any more ridiculous than yours.
    - Dewie 14y ago
      When someone asks if you are male or female, 99% will interpret it as "do you have a penis or a vagina?", not "do you identify as a man or a woman?", nor any other You seem to suggest that my interpretation is arbitrary, while I think it is the most colloquial. Do you honestly think that a 15 year old girl/boy would see this thread and think "well I am neither of those"? Or are you just deconstructing a very straightforward question by its edge cases to prove some kind of point that I'm missing?
      - Mz 14y ago
        I think my point is more along the lines of "no matter how you ask it, someone is bound to be unhappy, feel discriminated against, etc". I know at age 17 I was not comfortable saying "I am a woman." That meant something to me that I felt I had not yet attained. I suspect minors mostly feel left out as is, just like transexuals feel left out in a thousand subtle ways by all kinds of linguistic implications that there is only male or female. Sorry it's such a big deal to you.
        Dewie 14y ago
        Fine then. I thought you were willfully splitting hairs, but that's not the case.