How Can There Still Be a Sex Difference, Even When There Is No Sex Difference?

Re:How Can There Still Be a Sex Difference, Even When There ... by hellbanner on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @10:28AM (#9845629)

So can you explain what gender is, then?

I've always viewed gender & sex as being an issue of parts or lack of parts a human is born with, and gender is their sexual personality or preferences.

Do you believe there are specific (limited in quantity) genders?

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Re:How Can There Still Be a Sex Difference, Even When There ... by amyjess on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @10:52AM (#9845793)

Gender is the sex of the brain.

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Re:How Can There Still Be a Sex Difference, Even When There ... by thret on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @11:44AM (#9846123)

I always assumed it was defined by procreation - when we assign gender to individuals of a species - the females lay eggs/give birth, and the males fertilize them.

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Re:How Can There Still Be a Sex Difference, Even When There ... by hellbanner on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @04:08PM (#9847756)

This breaks down in hermaphrodite creatures and creatures who change sex.

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Re:How Can There Still Be a Sex Difference, Even When There ... by thret on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @10:43PM (#9849481)

Hermaphrodites are both, creatures who change sex start as one gender and become another. I don't see a problem.

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Re:How Can There Still Be a Sex Difference, Even When There ... by hellbanner on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @04:09PM (#9847761)

Why are these labels important to those who use them -- why bother with a "gender" noun and instead use a description of what your sexuality functions as?

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