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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 11:49 PM Original message |
WORDS have a gender - PEOPLE have a sex |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gender is more of an identity and sex is biological. |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes, but that is an incorrect usage of the word gender. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Natural gender versus grammatical gender exists |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. Good post. You deserve a hand. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not according to Merriam-Webster. The meaning is identical |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Transgendered people would rightfully disagree with Merriam Webster |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Not if they read the complete definition. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:08 AM Original message |
That makes more sense and doesn't strictly equate |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
17. But it also means sex. n/t |
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Lib Grrrrl (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. NO...It Does NOT!! |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #29 |
45. thanks |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. It would be their misunderstanding of the definition, then |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. According to JAMA |
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Lib Grrrrl (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Thanks For The Offical JAMA Jargon |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. While "gender's" first most common usage is in regards |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
7. Thank you! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Deleted message |
Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. What a pleasant response. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:28 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I sincerely apologize. |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Apology accepted and your manners are roundly applauded. |
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Lib Grrrrl (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
32. IT DOES FUCKING NOT!!! |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 08:32 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. YES IT FUCKING DOES! |
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Lib Grrrrl (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:18 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Goddamn It, You Are Being Purposefully Insensitive!!! |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. You don't get to decide what words mean based on the way you feel. |
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Lib Grrrrl (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:02 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. And YOU Don't Get To Force YOUR Definition On Me - NOW GO AWAY |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. No one's forcing anything on you. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. How should I check the "gender" box when filling out a form? n/t |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
10. Incorrect. |
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557188 (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Dictionary |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Gender equals sex? |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:59 AM Original message |
"gender" is equivalent to "a sex" (see the OP) |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. Uh, then where does the phrase gender-bender come from ... if it can |
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Lib Grrrrl (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. As Long As |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Maybe I misunderstand you. Are you calling |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:13 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Only those who think people aren't (typically at least) gendered. |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
23. Gender is the Socially constructed practices |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
27. In academia we refer to "gender" almost exclusively for male/female. |
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Lib Grrrrl (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
28. As A TransGENDER PERSON...I Beg To Differ |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
31. Not according to anthropology. |
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Silver Gaia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:43 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I see we cross-posted jsmauel... |
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Silver Gaia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
34. Cultural anthropologists also distinguish between sex and gender |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
36. Let's not let the female and male words mix.. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
39. You are absolutely correct |
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AnarchoFreeThinker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
41. love ya, hoss, but you booted this one. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
43. yes yes yes yes yes |
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icymist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
46. Why, pray tell, are you stirring this up? |
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