• @5SpeedDeasil
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    411 months ago

    I’m pretty sure alot of people use it interchangeably to mean the same thing. But I think over the years, gender has become more of a “social” word and Sex as more of a “biological” word. I say Gender instead of sex when talking about someone’s biology. A bit confusing honestly for non-native English speakers

    • oox
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      711 months ago

      This:

      I think over the years, gender has become more of a “social” word and Sex as more of a “biological” word.

      Seems at odds with:

      I say Gender instead of sex when talking about someone’s biology.

      • @asteriskeverything
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        111 months ago

        I caught that too but I think they just sort of lost track mid thought and switched it without realizing.

    • very smart Idiot
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      -111 months ago

      Yes, it’s confusing. I think I somewhat have an understanding of what the term “gender” refers to, it at the same time it is so untranscribable and somewhat extremely vague.

      • @Falmarri
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        211 months ago

        Why? It’s the same thing as race.

        • very smart Idiot
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          -111 months ago

          No it cannot be.

          Race is a biologically misleading term. There is just one human race alive on this planet and it’s called Homo sapiens sapiens.

          What English speakers are referring to as race is actually ethnicity.

          The genetic variations between humans from different continents is far too little to make out different races. There are no clear borders between one “race” to another.

          • @Falmarri
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            311 months ago

            You missed the point. Race is a social construct, as is gender

            • very smart Idiot
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              011 months ago

              Yes, I understood you the first time, but what does social construct mean?

              Another race, that’s what humans deem too different from themselves to consider them equal. (Even though there are not enough genetic differences to qualify for an actual different race). But these differences are physical and not socially constructed.

              • @[email protected]
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                211 months ago

                Neurological differences between men and women aren’t socially constructed any more than racial characteristics are. You should read up on the neurology of trans and cis people.

                • very smart Idiot
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                  011 months ago

                  Alright. I get what trans people are. Those are people that attempt to transition their physical features from their born sex to the opposite sex.

                  But what do you mean with cis people? Do you mean normal, or generic, or average?

                  I only know the terms cis and trans primarily from chemistry, even though those are old nomenclature.

                  • @Falmarri
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                    111 months ago

                    Alright. I get what trans people are. Those are people that attempt to transition their physical features from their born sex to the opposite sex.

                    No. It’s people whose gender doesn’t match their sex. Has nothing to do with transitioning

                    Cis is the opposite of trans