Gender/Sex
- peacock2121
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Gender/Sex
This is what the WHO says:
"Sex” refers to the biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
“Gender” refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women.
http://www.who.int/gender/whatisgender/en/index.html
"Sex” refers to the biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
“Gender” refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women.
http://www.who.int/gender/whatisgender/en/index.html
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Pea, I mentioned this in a reply on the other thread to Skoop---great book about this subject (really about a hermaphrodite and history and all sorts of good stuff)---Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. I just finished it. Won the Pulitzer. It is a fabu book. Great reading.
Don't seem to be able to post more than fragments today.
Don't seem to be able to post more than fragments today.
Well, then
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In proper usage, sex refers to a binary choice of male or female.
Gender refers to the spectrum with masculine on one end and feminine on the other.
I said it is a pointless battle because "Gender" has been used as a replacement for "Sex" for so long that people think I'm the weird one for using them in the historically accurate way.
Gender refers to the spectrum with masculine on one end and feminine on the other.
I said it is a pointless battle because "Gender" has been used as a replacement for "Sex" for so long that people think I'm the weird one for using them in the historically accurate way.
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. —Albus Dumbledore
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One of my co-workers thinks it's weird that I am a straight man who loves Broadway show tunes.peacock2121 wrote:LOL - that is the only reason they think you are weird?
If I thought about how many people think I am weird for so many different reasons, I'd have no room in my brain for anything else.
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If that's so weird, then how can Broadway musicals make a profit? There can't be THAT many gay men with money living in the NYC area. Or can there?TheCalvinator24 wrote:One of my co-workers thinks it's weird that I am a straight man who loves Broadway show tunes.
Call me weird, too, then. A sizable percentage of our CD collection is Broadway original cast soundtracks. And everyone knows you can't succeed on Broadway if you haven't any Jews.
I just ordered chicken and an egg from Amazon. I'll let you know.