When and why did we start talking about "gender" rather than "sex"? Before the whole notion of gender identity became prominent, I get that we used "gender" to mean a set of social expectations placed on people of different sexes.
Is it fair to say that "gender" began to be used when maybe it should have been "sex"? E.g. "gender pay-gap". It doesn't feel like that all those uses were intended in a trans-inclusionary sense, so why not "sex"? It feels like a long time since forms have asked for "gender" rather than "sex", and I'm not sure when and why it started. Can someone help me unpick this?
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When and why did we start using the word gender instead of sex
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BlueBrush · 04/07/2020 13:17
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