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Re:The Fascinating and Complicated Sex Lives of White-Throat... by beowulfey on Monday July 15, 2024 @10:02AM (#40967988)
Gender is being used here as "trait arising from genetic sex + behavior". It's not the same as the human social construct, but it is analogous. It's also not commonly used in biology in this way from what I've seen, for what that's worth.
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Re:The Fascinating and Complicated Sex Lives of White-Throat... by empthought on Monday July 15, 2024 @03:52PM (#40970934)
It's never used in biology in this way. It is political activism.
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Re:The Fascinating and Complicated Sex Lives of White-Throat... by mandmandam on Monday July 15, 2024 @06:29PM (#40972021)
You think using the word 'gender' while describing the mating preferences of white-throated sparrows is "political activism"? Good grief.

... But I have to ask: to what end? What political group is massively benefiting from this insidious ornithological analogy?

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