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To not care whether people say sex or gender.

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TeeJay1970 · 11/12/2018 21:48

Many people and organisations use these words interchangerbly. The meaning is always clear. I actually don't give a stuff if others disagree.

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gendercritter · 11/12/2018 21:49

You care so little you felt the need to post?

It's an extremely important distinction.

QueenOnAPlate · 11/12/2018 21:50

I don’t care either 😁

GreenEggsHamandChips · 11/12/2018 21:51

Yes completely annoying. Especially when its pointed out and it was entirely irrelevant to the piint being made or it was obvious what was being referred to anyway

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 11/12/2018 21:51

Can’t say I care either but prepare to be shot down on here

Onlyjoinedforthisthread · 11/12/2018 21:52

'would you like to have gender' doesn't seem to work for me

BernardBlacksWineIcelolly · 11/12/2018 21:52

yeah, I don't care if people say cheese or beef

i mean they're not the same thing, but they're totally interchangeable, amirite?

TeeJay1970 · 11/12/2018 21:54

Gendercritter
Why is it important if the meaning is clear?

Interesting username.

I'm more sick of being corrected by people like you.

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HaudYerWheeshtYaWeeBellend · 11/12/2018 21:54

its not that I dont care, I just don't give enough fucks to care.

Emma145 · 11/12/2018 21:54

I don't care either , when people say gender scan it's obvious what they mean don't see the need for people to keep stating it's sex not gender....but think this will be a minority view here....

PositiveVibez · 11/12/2018 21:56

You obviously do care OP.

BernardBlacksWineIcelolly · 11/12/2018 21:57

not caring about using the correct words to convey your meaning is to weird to me

sex and gender are very distinct indeed

JacquesHammer · 11/12/2018 21:58

So just to clarify you don’t care, so you’re taking the time to start a post to prove how much you don’t care?

You don’t care, other people do. Vive la difference.

PositiveVibez · 11/12/2018 21:58

'Gender reveal' is ridiculous. An unborn baby doesn't have a gender.

It is just incorrect.

There must be something people say that is factually incorrect that annoys you a bit?

HestiaParthenos · 11/12/2018 21:59

Why is it important if the meaning is clear?

The meaning is not clear in most cases.

Except when talking about unborn babies, perhaps.

With babies already born, when you talk about finding out their "gender", one doesn't know if you mean by that that you'll present them with a doll and a toy car and determine their "gender identity" by what toy they reach for.

KlutzyDraconequus · 11/12/2018 22:01

You might not care now, but wait til it impacts you or your children.

The guides are a good example of the impact these distinctions will begin to make.

Fanjita1 · 11/12/2018 22:02

Is it time for recipes Ladies?

AntMoon · 11/12/2018 22:03

@Onlyjoinedforthisthread

would you like to have gender' doesn't seem to work for me

It took me too long to get this!

Galvantula · 11/12/2018 22:03

Yabu.

The confusion of these terms because people have been too shy to say sex is really not helping these days.

Galvantula · 11/12/2018 22:03

Conflation

TeeJay1970 · 11/12/2018 22:03

The definition of gender:

the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones).

The word typically is key.

The definition of typically:

in most cases; usually

It factually correct to say gender to mean male of female.

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itsboiledeggsagain · 11/12/2018 22:05

I get them muddled tbh.
I guess that means I don't care

VictoryOrValhalla · 11/12/2018 22:06

It’s important because some people actually don’t understand the difference and think sex is something that can change according to how you feel because everyone is talking about being gender fluid and men being women and they’re all confusing each other. So, yes, quite important we remind people of the actual meaning of the words they are using.

EmpressAdultHumanFemale · 11/12/2018 22:06

Somebody on another thread mentioned mince pie fudge.

I want some.

PositiveVibez · 11/12/2018 22:09

It factually correct to say gender to mean male of female

It isn't.

You care a hell of a lot about this OP.

TeeJay1970 · 11/12/2018 22:12

The dictionary agrees with me.

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