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minimii (23 hours ago) [-] Sex (as defined by Merriam-Webster) :
1. Either of the two major forms of individuals that occur in many species and that are distinguished respectively as female or male especially on the basis of their reproductive organs and structures
Sex (also as defined by Merriam-Webster) :
2. the sum of the structural, functional, and behavioral characteristics of organisms that are involved in reproduction marked by the union of gametes and that distinguish males and females
Gender (as defined by Merriam-Webster) :
1. the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex
2. one of the categories (masculine, feminine, and neuter) into which words (such as nouns, adjectives, and pronouns) are divided in many languages
So, the MW definition of "sex" (noun) includes both physiological and psychological identity of oneself, whereas "gender" is basically a play on the second definition of sex.
Strictly speaking, there are 2 "sexes" and another intersex. This is needed for medical purposes. So yes, there is a need for sex because a woman has a lesser chance of colon cancer than a man, and men will not get ovarian cancer because they lack ovaries. To that, physical and medical, extent, sex is limited until we evolve others.
Gender is another topic. Gender is "the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex" (Webster). Typically, which lacks definite confines. If one feels like a man but were born female, they would have Sex: female and Gender: man. Female and Male or sex, man and woman are gender. My psychological skills do not expand beyond the point of armchair (I'm an accounting major, so I deal with numbers and am needlessly pedantic) so the "tri-gendered foxkin" may feel that way for all I know, and care. If they feel closer to the being of a fox than a human gender, go them.
The part I, and many others (I presume), do not like is them show-boating their identities (what some would call mental illness) and then claim oppression when shown any negative feedback to their lives.
My mentality remains as it always has: Enjoy your life to the fullest potential, wherever you see its conclusion at. When you infringe on another's ability to do that (be it through silencing or any other means) you forfeit your right to expression, and outside factors come into play (legalities or police or what-have-you).
Armchair rant over.
TL;DR
Sex: Male, Female, Intersex used for medical purposes.
Gender: Whatever you feel best as for social purposes.
Mentality: You do you until you start restricting others, then we restrict you.
1. Either of the two major forms of individuals that occur in many species and that are distinguished respectively as female or male especially on the basis of their reproductive organs and structures
Sex (also as defined by Merriam-Webster) :
2. the sum of the structural, functional, and behavioral characteristics of organisms that are involved in reproduction marked by the union of gametes and that distinguish males and females
Gender (as defined by Merriam-Webster) :
1. the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex
2. one of the categories (masculine, feminine, and neuter) into which words (such as nouns, adjectives, and pronouns) are divided in many languages
So, the MW definition of "sex" (noun) includes both physiological and psychological identity of oneself, whereas "gender" is basically a play on the second definition of sex.
Strictly speaking, there are 2 "sexes" and another intersex. This is needed for medical purposes. So yes, there is a need for sex because a woman has a lesser chance of colon cancer than a man, and men will not get ovarian cancer because they lack ovaries. To that, physical and medical, extent, sex is limited until we evolve others.
Gender is another topic. Gender is "the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex" (Webster). Typically, which lacks definite confines. If one feels like a man but were born female, they would have Sex: female and Gender: man. Female and Male or sex, man and woman are gender. My psychological skills do not expand beyond the point of armchair (I'm an accounting major, so I deal with numbers and am needlessly pedantic) so the "tri-gendered foxkin" may feel that way for all I know, and care. If they feel closer to the being of a fox than a human gender, go them.
The part I, and many others (I presume), do not like is them show-boating their identities (what some would call mental illness) and then claim oppression when shown any negative feedback to their lives.
My mentality remains as it always has: Enjoy your life to the fullest potential, wherever you see its conclusion at. When you infringe on another's ability to do that (be it through silencing or any other means) you forfeit your right to expression, and outside factors come into play (legalities or police or what-have-you).
Armchair rant over.
TL;DR
Sex: Male, Female, Intersex used for medical purposes.
Gender: Whatever you feel best as for social purposes.
Mentality: You do you until you start restricting others, then we restrict you.
