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Re: [VCARDDAV] Rename SEX to GENDER

Brian Suda <brian.suda@gmail.com> Tue, 02 November 2010 15:44 UTC

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On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Joseph Smarr <jsmarr@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's more obvious what it means--"gender" directly implies
> "male/female/other", whereas "sex" is more ambiguous and clinical. How many
> signup forms on the web ask users for their "gender" vs" "sex"? I'd imagine
> the former is far more common.

--- i would say the opposite. SEX is your genetic disposition, you are
MALE or FEMALE, gender on the other hand is societal, Masculine and
Feminine. You cannot change your sex genetically, but you can change
your gender.

My guess as to why most sign-up forms use GENDER rather than SEX might
be due to blanket filters stopping words like SEX from getting
through.

from: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/gendermed/sexandgender.html

Sex refers to biological differences; chromosomes, hormonal profiles,
internal and external sex organs.

Gender describes the characteristics that a society or culture
delineates as masculine or feminine.

-- 
brian suda
http://suda.co.uk

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