Just to clear things up a tad, since I've seen -A LOT- of people misusing certain words.

GENDER, is the word that describes your MENTAL identity, which is not correlated to your physical SEX. Words that are attached to GENDER are woman, lady, women, girl, guy, boy, man, men, androgynous (CAN refer to someone's body), and so on. Gender is also correlated with which pronouns you use.

SEX, is the word that describes your PHYSICAL BODY, your GENITALS, which is not correlated to your GENDER. Words that are attached to SEX are male, intersex, hermaphrodite, female, and names of genitals and so on.

I'm sure there's words I left out, but you get the idea.

I'm just starting to get a little peeved, seeing people play word police when they misuse words themselves. less

"Male" and "female" apply to gender too you know (I see a lot of people calling themselves "male/female-iden tified."), hence why there is a growing number of trans* people using terms like "male/female assigned at birth" instead of describing their sex as "male/female" ; because of the terminology overlap. It makes a lot more sense imo. When people just straight-up describe someone's body as "male/female" ; people assume gender as well as continue to perpetuate nasty ideas that you are whatever your body looks like and that your genitals' appearance is the most important thing to consider for things. less

That's the popular definition in queer communities nowadays, but it's not the only definition. Sex and gender have been synonymous for a long time, and most dictionaries still define them as such. There are also trans people who choose to see their sex as male or female because they are a man/woman and their body is thus a man's/woman's body, and although that'd be a tough sell to a medical doctor, I don't see what's wrong with them defining themselves that way. less

Just to clear things up a tad, since I've seen -A LOT- of people misusing certain words.

GENDER, is the word that describes your MENTAL identity, which is not correlated to your physical SEX. Words that are attached to GENDER are woman, lady, women, girl, guy, boy, man, men, androgynous (CAN refer to someone's body), and so on. Gender is also correlated with which pronouns you use.

SEX, is the word that describes your PHYSICAL BODY, your GENITALS, which is not correlated to your GENDER. Words that are attached to SEX are male, intersex, hermaphrodite, female, and names of genitals and so on.

I'm sure there's words I left out, but you get the idea.

I'm just starting to get a little peeved, seeing people play word police when they misuse words themselves. less

Just to clear things up a tad, since I've seen -A LOT- of people misusing certain words.

GENDER, is the word that describes your MENTAL identity, which is not correlated to your physical SEX. Words that are attached to GENDER are woman, lady, women, girl, guy, boy, man, men, androgynous (CAN refer to someone's body), and so on. Gender is also correlated with which pronouns you use.

SEX, is the word that describes your PHYSICAL BODY, your GENITALS, which is not correlated to your GENDER. Words that are attached to SEX are male, intersex, hermaphrodite, female, and names of genitals and so on.

I'm sure there's words I left out, but you get the idea.

I'm just starting to get a little peeved, seeing people play word police when they misuse words themselves. less

"Male" and "female" apply to gender too you know (I see a lot of people calling themselves "male/female-iden tified."), hence why there is a growing number of trans* people using terms like "male/female assigned at birth" instead of describing their sex as "male/female" ; because of the terminology overlap. It makes a lot more sense imo. When people just straight-up describe someone's body as "male/female" ; people assume gender as well as continue to perpetuate nasty ideas that you are whatever your body looks like and that your genitals' appearance is the most important thing to consider for things. less

I understand what you're saying, but to me at least, when people say male/female identified it means that they identify with that body, that set of genitals, separate from their gender identity (man/woman/etc). What people tend to assume doesn't really seem relevant, that seems way more related to the social conditioning that makes people think that your brain can't differ from your body. I do understand what you're saying though! less