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So flamboyant.

Anyway, only after reading that five times, did I get a semblance of what you were saying, although sex and gender are synonyms in my dictionary...
(You know, Webster's ever-so-famous one)

But I changed it to sex anyway, even though I know this conversation will probably predominate the thread about the difference between sex and gender. xp

gen�der ( P ) Pronunciation Key (jndr)
n.

1. Grammar.
1. A grammatical category used in the classification of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and, in some languages, verbs that may be arbitrary or based on characteristics such as sex or animacy and that determines agreement with or selection of modifiers, referents, or grammatical forms.
2. One category of such a set.
3. The classification of a word or grammatical form in such a category.
4. The distinguishing form or forms used.
2. Sexual identity, especially in relation to society or culture.
3.
1. The condition of being female or male; sex.
2. Females or males considered as a group: expressions used by one gender.

sex ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sks)
n.

1.
1. The property or quality by which organisms are classified as female or male on the basis of their reproductive organs and functions.
2. Either of the two divisions, designated female and male, of this classification.
2. Females or males considered as a group.
3. The condition or character of being female or male; the physiological, functional, and psychological differences that distinguish the female and the male. See Usage Note at gender.
4. The sexual urge or instinct as it manifests itself in behavior.
5. Sexual intercourse.
6. The genitals.

gen�der
Pronunciation: 'jen-d&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English gendre, from Middle French genre, gendre, from Latin gener-, genus birth, race, kind, gender -- more at KIN
1 a : a subclass within a grammatical class (as noun, pronoun, adjective, or verb) of a language that is partly arbitrary but also partly based on distinguishable characteristics (as shape, social rank, manner of existence, or sex) and that determines agreement with and selection of other words or grammatical forms b : membership of a word or a grammatical form in such a subclass c : an inflectional form showing membership in such a subclass

sex
Pronunciation: 'seks
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin sexus
1 : either of the two major forms of individuals that occur in many species and that are distinguished respectively as female or male
2 : the sum of the structural, functional, and behavioral characteristics of living things that are involved in reproduction by two interacting parents and that distinguish males and females
3 a : sexually motivated phenomena or behavior b : SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
4 : GENITALIA

Gender- n. distinction among parts of speech, supposedly according to sex (man-he; girl-she; stone-it)

Sex - distinction between male and female

Seriously?
On Gaia? Oy.

Astri...hun, I don't understand a lot of what you say. I read it over and over and I eventually think I understand, but I am probably far from it. I know you are very intellectual, but some of us aren't *cough* me *cough*. I'd like to be able to read your posts AND UNDERSTAND THEM.There's no use in using intellegent english when some people can't understand. You might as well be speaking in tongues. You can still show off your knoledge in plain english.