Is gender a social construct?
Is sex biological, while gender is psychological?
"A social construct is something that exists not in objective reality, but as a result of human interaction."
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Yes. Gender and sex are NOT synonymous. Sex has to do with gonads, chromosomes, genitalia etc. Gender has to do with masculinity and femininity, which can include clothing choices, behaviours, mannerisms, etc. That's my social science opinion.
demifeministgal
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Apr 13, 2020
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This article explains things comprehensively for anyone interested in learning the differences: [healthline.com]?
Exactly. Sex is your physiology. Gender is your internal world.
Geoffrey51
Level 8
Apr 11, 2020
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...yep ~ science is trying to allow us to understand
more of this but it is a profound fact.
Thanks
You can dance around semantics all you want but at the end of the day there are usually innate differences between males and females, and not just in their bodies. There are differences in behaviors, in abilities, in attitudes. One is not ”better” than the other—they just have some differences, as well as a lot in common.
And it’s not just humans. Look at the vastly different behavior patterns of cows and bulls, of sows and boars, roosters and hens The only psychology involved is to study why anyone would not recognize those differences.
In some cases a person’s genes are not clearly defined as X or Y, and those unfortunate people have to choose which role to play So in that regard there is fluidity, but for the vast majority, the die is cast at conception.
WilliamFleming
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Apr 11, 2020
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I agree, males still act like males and females like females within their relationships, regardless of their orientation. I think some dies are cast as you say, but some are fluid. You might enjoy the book "a billion wicked thoughts" which is a study of human sexuality via the data available from porn sites.
@OwlInASack My thrust is to observe and try to understand. I’ll leave social advocacy to others. Are you saying that roosters should stop crowing or just that we should not notice their crowing and count them only as chickens along with the hens?
@Cyklone No they don’t! What you are describing is gender roles, not gendered people.
@Geoffrey51 No, I'm not describing gender roles and I'm not making unreferenced assertions, why don't you read the book I mentioned. It is properly referenced research.
@Cyklone Who is the book written by?
@Geoffrey51 A billion wicked thoughts by Ogi Ogas. Doing good research on sex is wxtremely difficult because noone will sponsor it. This researcher used data available from porn sites. It's about gendered behaviour, hardwired, as opposed to gendered roles like Powder is referencing. You might find 'you just don't understand" interesting as well as it is sociological research on the differences in between male/female communication and group behaviour.
@Geoffrey51, @powder you're talking about gender roles which are learnt behaviour, whereas I'm talking about much more subtle hard wired behaviours.
@powder I don't disagree with you on that. It reinforces the point that gender orientation is biological. But what about the ways in which males become aroused as opposed to females eg. Visial vs verbal, or even that males have better spatial orientation while females better verbal. Male and female brains are hardwired differently which leads to subtle differences not changed by orientation
It might have been better to call it sex (xx or xy) and "gender orientation". There is quite a lot of evidence to suggest gender orientation is biologically determined. For instance, the percentage of homosexuality is fairly consistent across cultures (4%), and can also be seen in rats and dogs. It is a short step from there to surmise that many other gender orientations are biological as well. I suspect that gender orientation exists on a spectrum biologically (or several spectrums) and those who are closer to the centre of the spectrum can be influenced environmentally.
Personally, I think, who cares. If I meet someone I don't say, before I shake your hand who do you fuck? I'm also a bit envious of bi's. Twice as many possible partners 
Cyklone
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Apr 11, 2020
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@VeronikaAnnJ and even at the ends of the spectrum I've noticed people influenced by availability. Although straight, people will love, cuddle and have sex with the same sex just to have human contact if that's all that's available, and then revert later. Eg. Prisons.
I see science showing this to be true ; they find humans are a mosaic of male /female mental traits . Very good post.
These facts should level the "playing field" to treating ALL
as humans FIRST - other LABELS last - or none at all...✌
BBJong
Level 7
Apr 11, 2020
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@VeronikaAnnJ and they have to live as that gender for a number of years before being accepted for reassignment surgery by reputable clinics
@VeronikaAnnJ I'm reading a book that delves into this ::
it is a view point foisted on EVERYONE at a young age.
( and I see it entrenched in the youth of our culture).
To be anything less than 100%masculine- is not an
option( or 100%feminine)- you WILL be what we tell you to be. The book- " The Sex Myth " by Racheal Hills , Simon&Shuster Paperbacks 2015.
When I was growing up ( and through my 20's) ,death
would have seemed preferable to being considered
OUTSIDE THE GROUP. Clicks; bullying; and a strict adherence to social norms RULED then and (unfortunately)
now , is a present. I used to think of trans/ gay people
as a militant lot ,,, now I know WHY !
Is sex biological, while gender is psychological? Yes, my thoughts to answer the question:
Gender is either of the two sexes (male and female), especially when considered with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones. The term is also used more broadly to denote a range of identities that do not correspond to established ideas of male and female. {google defination search}
Sex [defination #1] (chiefly with reference to people) sexual activity, including specifically sexual intercourse.
Sex and gender often somewhat synonymous: Sex [defination #2] either of the two main categories (male and female) into which humans and most other living things are divided on the basis of their reproductive functions.{google defination search}
Sex seems to be more used to identifying something of a genetic biological. Where as people may want to use gender to describe themselves as something that is opposed to their genetic make up and the "norm" for that sex.
Sex: a person could be XX or XY chromosome. Gender: an XX chromosome carrying person is not known to reproduce with another XX, and as with XY and XY reprduction, However, by gender "identy" a person can change how they live or act in ways that fit more of the norm of the opposite to their chromosomes.
So, a person with the "sex" of XX may act and live more like the norm of people with the XY. This might be called amoung other names, butch dyke (some consider it derogatory term, others do not).
Word
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Apr 11, 2020
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Word:
@VeronikaAnnJ Gender can be used similar to the word sex. But simply to answer your question, yes gender could be used to more so be what a person THINKS of themselves rather than what might be physically observed on the genetic reproduction chemistry level.
Word:
@VeronikaAnnJ Also, a transgender might could "act" like the gender of their genetic opposite, where as I would say transexual did physical surgey or something to change some parts.
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