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Genitals refer to sex, not gender. And of course gender isn't a scientific term, or it would be useless.
by duaneb 13y ago
Genitals refer to sex, not gender. And of course gender isn't a scientific term, or it would be useless.
- malandrew 13y agoYes. There is more to gender identity than just male or female and more to sexual attraction than straight/gay/bisexual. The tendency to put many aspects of life in binary terms when many aspects of life are decidedly not binary, but merely bimodal complicates things terribly.
- nailer 13y ago1. "Depending on the context, the term may refer to biological sex (i.e. the state of being male, female or intersex), sex-based social structures (including gender roles and other social roles), or gender identity." References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender 2. "Sexologist John Money introduced the terminological distinction between biological sex and gender as a role in 1955." References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender 3. John Money is a charlatan and a child abuser: References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Money http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Money