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> Why do people talk about a baby's gender not sex?
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post 20/02/2013, 08:09 PM
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A lot of the baby name threads say something like "we aren't finding out the gender". Is it because the word sex is linked to things other than the biological options of male, female or intersex? I am of the opinion that gender is something totally different to sex....
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post 20/02/2013, 08:14 PM
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I like cats, but I couldn't eat a whole one.
But sex is rude and gender is sophisticated.
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post 20/02/2013, 08:15 PM
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I agree I think in this context its because people don't like the sound of the word "sex".

And it self-perpetuates as one person says it, and another, and it snowball into the norm.
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post 20/02/2013, 08:16 PM
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Well gender is technically incorrect. But honestly, who cares? It's not the end of the world!
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post 20/02/2013, 08:16 PM
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It irks me too.

I think it is indeed the word 'sex.'

Sex and gender are not the same.

Gender is how a person identifies themselves eg male or female roles in society.

One doesn't undergo a 'gender change' - they would have a sex change.
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post 20/02/2013, 08:17 PM
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Most people don't understand there is any difference between someone's socialised gender role and the contents of their underpants.

So to many people sex and gender are interchangeable.
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post 20/02/2013, 08:18 PM
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Hmm good question. I use the word sex in conversations and gender in writings such as on EB. Gender is a mouthful though compared to sex. But you are right, sex is the correct biological term, gender has a whole lot of other things thrown in.
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post 20/02/2013, 08:18 PM
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Oh, I didn't even realise that gender is incorrect!
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post 20/02/2013, 08:19 PM
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Drives me nuts, OP.

Sex sex sex sex sex!

Just say it!

Babies don't have a gender because gender is a socially constructed self identification!

But sex is a naughty word, so ...
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post 20/02/2013, 08:21 PM
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A lot of people don't know that there is a difference. I only know because of EB.
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