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What is gender

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ohdelay · 26/03/2022 14:35

Apologies for being late to the re-education, but what is gender now? I'm aware it used to be interchangeable with biological sex, but what is it now? What is defined by the word gender that is not covered by biological sex, sexuality/sexual preference or individual personality? I've heard the phenotype/perception by the world definition which doesn't fit very well and want to get my head around what we are actually talking about as it all sounds ridiculous.

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Whatsnewpussyhat · 26/03/2022 14:52

'Gender' is simply the new way for men to oppress women whilst giving their fantasies legitimacy.

tabbycatstripy · 26/03/2022 14:47

People use the term to mean one or more of three things:

  1. Synonym for biological sex
  2. Inner 'essence' that relates to how masculine/feminine you do or don't perceive yourself to be.
  3. The superstructure of how society interacts with biological sex, in terms of the behavioural expectations placed upon the sexes and the systems that have arisen from those expectations.

I only see validity in 3.