0. That was easy.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Very clever. :P

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Sex is a verb and gender is a noun. On a serious note though. Sex is fun and gender isn't. I don't get it, who gets those two confused?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I know, especially when people forget that one identifies reproductive organs and the other is a social construct!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wait, what was that last bit?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's also frustrating when people go on to say gender in general is purely a social construction formed after birth and so couldn't cause distress if mismatched with your biological sex.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Even if it is basically a social construct, it is still VERY distressing when you're mismatched. As your neighborhood friendly trans* individual, I know firsthand. >.<;

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Guh. I was explaining the difference of sex and gender to a friend once last year, and she called over the teacher and asked him about it. He said, "Well, they're the same thing." So I tried to explain it to him, and being an English teacher, he of course thought he was right (because "OH WELL I KNOW DEFINITIONS MUCH BETTER THAN YOU BLAH BLAH"). Guh. GUHHH.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What do you expect. English is gender neutral. You should have asked your Spanish teacher.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I honestly didn't know there was a difference till I read this post o: good to know!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I know there is a difference, but I still say that ideally they should match. Gender came about because of biological things. I agree it's gone too far in limiting what each sex should think and like, but some things are promoted or discouraged by biological traits.

by Anonymous 12 years ago