Gender = sex and there are only two of them; male and female. Anything else is just bullshit that people try make up.
Gender is an outdated concept and you can present as basically anything you want to. In that sense sex and gender aren't equal, but in the same way that one can have many different sexual orientations, there's also a spectrum ranging from masculine and feminine presenting that a person might chose to present as
Mind giving examples? Anything other than XX and XY is merely a mistake. Sex is not a spectrum.That has to deal with sex, and even that is not binary.
Who cares.
Mind giving examples? Anything other than XX and XY is merely a mistake. Sex is not a spectrum.
There are Gendered languages.And "they" is universally safe, if you're not certain one way or another
just check out what I wrote right above you not necessarily wrong, but incomplete and a little misleading.Anything that isn't XX and XY is, as even your high school biology will tell you, a genetic slip-up. "Genders" in the sense you are suggesting are completely arbitrary concepts that people have invented. If something I said was incorrect, I'd appreciate it if you enlightened me by explaining it.
Actually depending on how old you are, the "what you learned in highschool" excuse doesn't cut it anymore, because they're teaching gender studies in high school level behavioral science nowIt seems most folks are falling back on "but mah genetics!".
That has to deal with sex, and even that is not binary. it's *usually* binary, but biology is not exact in how it does things. That's how evolution works in the first place! If you think biology dictates only two sexes, and only two ways of expressing those genes, then your understanding of biology is pretty limited. If you think two sexes dictates there be only two genders, then your understanding of sociology, biology, and neurology are really limited.
If you go by what you learned in highschool, I can understand why there's so much hesitation to accept the fuzziness of human sexuality, sex, and gender (all very different topics of conversation, if related in certain ways). but there's more to it, though.
I'd wager personality has a lot to do with gene expression, which can heavily depend on environment. Hormones can also be affected by environment. So I'd say it's that ol' impasse of "nature vs nurture"My mistake Osaka, was on the train and gbatemp didn't refresh. I think we've sort of reached an impasse where we both think the other "isn't wrong but not entirely correct", since I'd generally attribute being feminine or masculine to being a personality trait instead of a predetermined biological trait. Until actual research comes (nothing exists that I'm aware of) on that front I'd say the whole thing is inconclusive.
That's good to know! There's hope for the future yet.Actually depending on how old you are, the "what you learned in highschool" excuse doesn't cut it anymore, because they're teaching gender studies in high school level behavioral science now
That's... Interesting. I definitely hadn't thought about that until nowIt is a good word to use. I never understood why people get offended by this word. When a baby is born we say, is It a boy or girl. When the baby is in the womb we say, did you feel It move. Or we say, when is It due. Or if we hear a door bell ring (pizza delivery person) we say, Who is it? Its a perfectly normal singular gender neutral pronoun to use. And a word to use until we find out what the it in question is.
Actually depending on how old you are, the "what you learned in highschool" excuse doesn't cut it anymore, because they're teaching gender studies in high school level behavioral science now
Actually, in French the default one from a grammar POV is he (il), but we don't have a default one per se.There are Gendered languages.
In French the default gender is She. So if they don't know the gender of the person then they stick to she until they find out.
The interesting thing is that the brain structure is actually impacted by hormones, both suplemental and original. So, as I understand it, the prevailing theory (based in observation) is that transgender individuals typically have significantly more testosterone or estrogen from birth than is typical for their sex, causing them to behave (and in many cases appear) closer to the norm of the opposite gender. Hormone therapy helps push things over the edge, one way or another, depending on how the individual would want to proceedGender refers to someones 'type', e.g. their behaviour, mannerisms, expression.
Sex refers to biological distinction as determined by the allosomes in their genetic makeup (23rd pair of chromosomes).
Simple as that. There are some genetic issues which result in issues such as 'intersex' individuals. It's been proven by tons of studies that 'transgender' individuals brain structures are more similar to the sex they feel they belong to, then the actual sex they were born as.