I think we can all figure out what chromosomes are, and therefore what biological sex is (at least in essence), but what the hell is gender? I ask because the term gender is today used more often than sex to describe whether one is male, female, "or something else", and yet seems to possess no clear and objective definition that I can observe. Gender identity is being increasingly defined by such things as, for example...
...one's manner of speech,
...one's manner of dress,
...the way one carries themself,
...one's preferred hobbies and interests.
These things seem like stereotypes to me. In reality, we are each individual in the above ways.
I guess my question here is whether the extent to which one's attitude and lifestyle conforms to stereotypes about one or the other sex is really a sound basis on which to categorize them as male, female, "or something else"? What do you think? Can't one simply be a gender-nonconforming woman or man or does one's list of hobbies or dress style instead define whether they're male or female?
Last edited by Jaicee - on 02 June 2019
