5 Dec 2022 9:10 am
The question is does gender necessarily mean reproductive organs. It doesn't other than in the political/social context you and other conservatives insist on defining it.FOS » 05 Dec 2022, 8:42 am » wrote: ↑ No...and transgender people don't seem to think so either.
Nobody says they 'identify' as 34.69% male or 82.105% female.
Right?
they just identify as male or female.
There can be masculine women and feminine men...but it doesn't alter their reproductive organs.
Consider this from Wikipedia:
Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender identity. Most cultures use a gender binary, in which gender is divided into two categories, and people are considered part of one or the other (boys/men and girls/women); those who are outside these groups may fall under the umbrella term non-binary. Some societies have specific genders besides "man" and "woman", such as the hijras of South Asia; these are often referred to as third genders (and fourth genders, etc.). Most scholars agree that gender is a central characteristic for social organization.
The Oxford Dictionary definition is comparable.