Wouldn't you agree that sex is biological and gender is sociocultural? — BlueBanana
Biological sex is objective, gender is subjective. — Buxtebuddha
I'll acknowledge that the biological variations between men and women can result in personality variations, but I disagree that it is obvious what those are because many traits are socially created, like agreeableness. In fact, your comments suggest you're from a culture more traditional than mine.do you object? I said generally, and I do hold that their will be exceptions. but for the most part I'd say testosterone leads to a decrease in these traits, and so the less testosterone you have, the more these traits increase. As women generally don't produce testosterone, it would follow that they would be much more open, less aggressive, and more agreeable than their male counterparts. — Mr Phil O'Sophy
I agree. An individual still can't make a decision out of their free will to change their gender, just like they can't change their sexuality for example, or opinion or feelings about anything. — BlueBanana
Doesn't follow. Everything I listed is subjective. Self identity in general is subjective but you don't choose it. — BlueBanana
If your opinion can't be changed, then are you here just to hear yourself talk? — Hanover
Are you claiming people choose all of their subjective opinions and views? Or just gender? Is what you're saying that you could right now choose to be the opposite gender - not just act like that, claim to identify as that gender, take that social role, but actually believe that that is who you are? What about your subjective views on politics, can you just choose to believe in any extremist movements beliefs - and, again, not just that you could physically write their beliefs on your keyboard, but can you right now choose to truly believe in any extremists' claims? — BlueBanana
Its pretty much 99% of the worlds population that have coinciding gender and sex. that would suggest a pretty good correlation between the two. — Mr Phil O'Sophy
How can someone choose their social role when it is a physical relationship with others? How is gender a social role if it can't be chosen, rather it is a physical relationship?
WikipediaGender is the range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity. Depending on the context, these characteristics may include biological sex (i.e., the state of being male, female, or an intersex variation), sex-based social structures (i.e., gender roles), or gender identity. People who do not identify as men or women or with masculine or feminine gender pronouns are often grouped under the umbrella terms non-binary or genderqueer.
The only sense of gender that can't be chosen is the one you are born with. — Cavacava
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