Do you still view gender and biological sex as synonym words?

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TheSpaceGnome · Accepted Answer

Yes, because they are synonym words.

The gender symbols are used to denote biological sex in scientific literature, and any dictionary before gen z said this:

"Gen-der n., Gram. Any of two or more categories, as feminine, masculine, or neuter, into which words are devided and which determine agreement with or selection of modifiers or grammatical forms; the quality of being of the male or female sex."

Source: A physical copy of Webster's Dictionary - circa 1997 - Landoll, Inc.

*Feminine, masculine, and neuter, are refering to types of genitalia.

Because they are synonyms, and because sex as a verb exists, gender was used to note the reproductive body parts, and sex was used to note what you do with them.
Using sex as a noun was limited to scientists and medical facilities for the most part, to nearly everyone else, gender was the noun, sex was the verb.

I don't think gen z deserves to rewrite word definitions based on changed views in their generation, since their educations were pushed through and full of nonsense.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I do not. I understand that I do not get to decide how English works and recognize that it evolves with time. Regardless of my personal beliefs on the matter, those words are no longer synonyms. Though you could swap the definitions of sun and moon and it wouldn't really change what we're taking about, would it?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Sex and gender identity means the same thing for people who don’t have Gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria is an illness.

Spongebobssocks · Accepted Answer

doesn't matter. Biology never changes so no matter what they are socially is just in their head:)

Kaneki05 · Answer

Nope. You can't have Sex dysphoria but you can have Gender dysphoria ya know why? Because they are not the same thing. Sex dysphoria would make zero sense because that means your body would be confused. Gender makes sense because your mentally confused.
There is no uncertainty when it comes to Sex but when it comes to Gender for sure is, one could try argue intersex is the body been confused but not really. The body can't be actively confused like our brains. Intersex is just natural biological variations of chromosomes not that somehow they get confused because welp a chromosome can't be lol.

OddBeMe · Answer

Ehh, I’ve always said there’s a social aspect and a scientific one. If a tranny goes to the doctor they’re gonna talk about their scientific gender and all that entails medically.

I don’t get why society is having this many problems getting used to this. Frankly it’s none of our business. Freedom.

rigmarole · Answer

That's the English definition that I see in the dictionary... Gender: Sexual identity. Therefore someone's biological sex, is their gender.

slatyb · Answer

Words, words, words, I'm so sick of words... I don't worry about what someone wants them to mean or not mean.

Dargil · Answer

They are not. Sex is XX or XY Chromosomes. Gender is a linguistic construct to assign sex to word use.

Astarlessnightsky · Answer

no, different meanings

Luckycharms12 · Answer

Biological from a medical point of view.

balyai · Answer

How many times will you ask this?

MaxUsefull · Answer

Sex and gender is the same thing

Anonymous · Answer

Yeah

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