Every time you see or hear the word "gender" swap it for "sex stereotypes"

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I'm impressed by this handy tip from Jack Appleby on Twitter.

A plea: Stop saying "gender". Everybody just stop. Every time you see or hear the word swap it for "sex stereotypes". Reject the word. It's meaningless. It's doing untold damage and we simply don't need it. Use "sex stereotypes" instead and everything becomes clear.

"The sex stereotype pay gap err I mean the sex pay gap obviously"

"My sex stereotype identity errr I mean umm..." (^Ed: "you mean your identity is based on sexist stereotypes") "Well... goes red, rages, explodes"

"Sex stereotype violence err I mean male violence of course"

If everyone started doing this it would clear up a lot of confusion.

Brilliant.
My new year's resolution sorted.

this is good

Except where someone means "sex" - then just correct them

No idea who JA is but I like him already.

This is my NYR.

sex stereotypes
sex pay gap
sex-based violence
etc.

Will be weird to start with but I plan to persist.

I always just say sex. Or ‘gender is just a social construct - what are you actually asking?’

It's when 'gender' is used instead of 'sex' in online forms that we're stuck though. Grrr. Does the MN profile still use 'gender'?

Brilliant.

Then ask for a list of the sex stereotypes so you can check yourself off against them.

Great idea.