That is the point I would have made if I was in the thread at the time
- social scientists talk in terms of gender roles and gender identities.
Regards, Laurie.
On 22/01/2013, at 12:38 PM, Stephen Ambrose wrote:
I agree with previous people contributing to this discussion. The
term
"sex", rather than "gender", is used in a biological context.
Merrilyn, you may have a point about "gender" being a euphemism.
According
to this university graduate student paper (which I found on the
internet
after a brief search), although the term probably originated in
Ancient
Greece, it's largely a product of Christianity (the Bible) to define
roles
of men and women.
http://josselyncrane.com/written/samples/Gender,%20Qualitative%20Research%20
Methods.pdf
Stephen Ambrose
Ryde, NSW
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Merrilyn
Serong
Sent: Tuesday, 22 January 2013 11:59 AM
To: Peter Shute
Cc:
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] sex, not gender
'Sex' is the correct term in biology. The word 'gender' won't be found
in biological texts or biological dictionaries.
I wonder if some non-biologists who use the term 'gender' in
biological
contexts use it as a euphemism because they are uncomfortable with the
word 'sex'. Just a thought.
Cheers,
Merrilyn
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