[PapaBear3625]

Really? As both sex and gender can refer to "the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles" (WordWeb) then why cannot it be could be used interchangeably? I see it is used in some books.

The "gay community" has "evolved" the word "gender":

Although the words gender and sex both have the sense ‘the state of being male or female,’ they are typically used in slightly different ways: sex tends to refer to biological differences, while gender refers to cultural or social ones.

In PC usage, a "trans-sexual" can be of the male sex (as in having XY chromosomes and born male) but "female gender" (as in, he prefers to be treated as female). Note that my describing how they use the term does not imply I agree with it.

[papertyger]

Note that my describing how they use the term does not imply I agree with it.

I understood you immediately.

Frankly, I'm getting pretty frickin' sick of having to make long lists of vapid qualifiers in a vain attempt to dodge the defamatory shibboleths of the left and their cultural myrmidons on the right.

But I'm sure you can tell that from my previous terse responses to Trebb.

[daniel1212]

In PC usage, a "trans-sexual" can be of the male sex (as in having XY chromosomes and born male) but "female gender" (as in, he prefers to be treated as female). Note that my describing how they use the term does not imply I agree with it.

Liberals feel they can change whatever they want.