the Lens: Wørd II: gender

Wørd II: gender

gender: n.

A couple of yesterdays ago, gender was a linguistic category for nouns, while sex was the biological categories of male and female.

Yesterday, gender meant the subjective social/cultural constructs of what it means to be male or female and the associated roles, whereas sex was the objective biological categories of male and female.

Today, it seems that gender has come to mean whether someone is male or female, natal or reconstructed, and sex is solely a physical activity.

Tomorrow >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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