Subject: Re: Race fluidity
Gender is, and always has been, a cultural construct. Sex is the biological reality on which gender is based.

The following 'cut and paste' definitions are broader, more inclusive of contemporary knowledge that gender isn't strictly a cultural construct, and sex is not defined by the biological condition a person believes to exist.


gender-Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures and gender expression.

sex- 1 Sexual activity, especially sexual intercourse. 2. The sexual urge or instinct as it manifests itself in behavior.3. Either of the two divisions, designated female and male, by which most organisms are classified on the basis of their reproductive organs and functions.

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