ChurchOfWoke I struggle with gender and sex as two different things too. Started another thread in FWR having not seen this and this was picked up on there.
My memory is that gender just gradually replaced sex in many places. I always assumed because ‘sex’ was a bit sniggery. I’m thinking about the 70s, which were peak Benny Hill, Carry on etc.
Nowadays talking to my teen/20s DCs, I go along with gender as a separate thing, but I don’t see the difference between gender expression and regressive stereotyping.
But then, my DCs try to convince me there is something called gender identity, which is very meaningful, and doesn’t map exactly onto biological sex, but still means people need to use particular biologically separated loos or compete in the female section of segregated sports otherwise they will feel uncomfortable and not included and it won’t be fair.
At that point, although I love them dearly, I wonder how they have racked up so many exam passes and wonder what jobs will be safe havens for people with such a lack of critical thinking.