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The current usage of "gender" was introduced by American psychologist John Money in the latter half of the 20th century.
It's popularity in common speech was accelerated by "sex" becoming a synonym to "copulation," causing "gender" being used as a polite alternative.
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But how is gender actually defined? Even now, the Oxford Dictionary: "gender: the male sex or the female sex"
https://www.google.com/search?q=gender+definition
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The current usage of "gender" was introduced by American psychologist John Money in the latter half of the 20th century.
It's popularity in common speech was accelerated by "sex" becoming a synonym to "copulation," causing "gender" being used as a polite alternative.
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But how is gender actually defined? Even now, the Oxford Dictionary: "gender: the male sex or the female sex"
https://www.google.com/search?q=gender+definition