Sex or gender in this questionnaire question?

[Cumberlover76]

As part of a group i am involved in I've been asked to review the questions for a survey and i'm unsure if they have worded one correctly. The question is:

1. Your gender Male  Female  Non-binary  Prefer not to say 

it is my understanding that Gender is man, woman or non-binary or other options, but sex can and will only be male or female. So if they wish to ask about gender the options should be man, woman, non-binary or prefer not to say. Or they ask about sex and it's male or female or prefer not to say. Before i make a twat of myself by responding i wanted to guage opionion. I've found the WHO definition of gender - "Gender refers to the socially constructed characteristics of women and men" . But haven't found anything similar defining sex.

or should i just let it go? I'm not really interested in getting into a debate with them, but if it's clearly wrong and i can provide evidence i am happy to correct.

thanks, can you describe sex as non-binary? I didn't think you could? - unless very rare case where sexual biology really is both .

how should they word the question if they want to give the option non-binary?

It should say your sex male/ female

Not gender! ( they are not the same )
Dont know about 'non binary' . To me that refers to 'gender' which is a subjective concept not an observable fact.

As a trans woman, if a form asks for my sex, I check male, if it asks for my gender, I check female. Sex is biological, gender is psychological.

Do you need to know what sex the respondents are?

the main thrust of the survey is to get data about equal opportunities for men/women in the workplace. It's Athena Swan if anyone knows much about it.

As it is about equal opportunities, I'd go for belt and braces and have a
Sex: M / F / prefer not to say
Gender: Man / woman / non-binary / prefer not to say

Then the results can be viewed with whatever sex/gender filter you like.

exactly what ^ @TeenTimesTwo says

www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charters/athena-swan/

This is how someone else did it and it is headed "gender equality" and the Athens Swan Twitter also uses gender mobile.twitter.com/athena_swan?lang=en I therefore think that is what you should use.

Without knowing Athens Swan, personally I would seek to be as inclusive as possible for instance adding "ungendered" and "gender fluid" too