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==About== | ==About== | ||
[[Gender]] is a [[similarity cluster]] or [[conceptual model]] used to simplify explanations of a number of biological phenomena. As these phenomena underlie a great deal of biology is often taken as being themselves fundamental to how biology operates, but this view (known as [[gender essentialism]]) is mistaken. | [[Gender]] is a [[similarity cluster]] or [[conceptual model]] used to simplify explanations of a number of biological phenomena. As these phenomena underlie a great deal of biology is often taken as being themselves fundamental to how biology operates, but this view (known as [[gender essentialism]]) is mistaken. | ||
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==Terminology== | ==Terminology== | ||
The word [[sex]] is (somewhat confusingly) often used as a synonym for [[gender]]. | The word [[sex]] is (somewhat confusingly) often used as a synonym for [[gender]]. | ||
Revision as of 18:58, 28 May 2018
About
Gender is a similarity cluster or conceptual model used to simplify explanations of a number of biological phenomena. As these phenomena underlie a great deal of biology is often taken as being themselves fundamental to how biology operates, but this view (known as gender essentialism) is mistaken.
(For a solid introduction to the science around gender, see gender/101 on HTYP.)
Terminology
The word sex is (somewhat confusingly) often used as a synonym for gender.
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Reference
- Wikipedia
- Conservapedia
as of 2017-08-23 redirects to "Sex" and affirms the gender essentialism position: "Sex is the attribute of being either male or female..."
- The same article defines "gender" as "what society expects of persons of different sexes", affirming the gender fundamentalist position.
- RationalWiki
- HTYP
