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[-] zik@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

The Oxford Dictionary says:

Sex is the biological category, whereas gender is the culturally shaped expression of sexual difference: the masculine way in which men should behave and the feminine way in which women should behave.

So since it's people talking about the biological male/femaleness they're literally imposing cultural values on it right there, which I think qualifies as gendering.

[-] yannic@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

culturally shaped expression of sexual difference: the masculine way in which men should behave and the feminine way in which women should behave

(Emphasis mine) This is where I struggle with the difference between sex and gender. I was raised to believe that there is no "should" here. Some biological male people were effeminate; some biological female people, masculine;* and most are a mix, and there's nothing wrong with that. I've always believed that it was a cultural observation, not a cultural obligation that the majority of males were masculine and females feminine.

  • I struggle with proper semicolon usage, too.
[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee -2 points 11 months ago

You're not able to gender someone else though, if someone says they're female, you can't go 'No, you're male'

[-] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

They can't say anything though.

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