Transcript: a 4 panel comic by Brooke Valley. A man is holding a sign saying “There’s only 2 genders”, Brooke walks in and says “Hmm?”, "You know, not only is that wrong and harmful… ", “It’s downright boring”.

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  • Hyperreality@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    gender noun
    OPAL WOPAL S
    /ˈdʒendə®/
    /ˈdʒendər/
    ​> [uncountable, countable] the fact of being male or female, especially when considered with reference to social and cultural differences, rather than differences in biology; members of a particular gender as a group

    https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/gender

    gender
    noun
    uk /ˈdʒen.dər/ us /ˈdʒen.dɚ/
    gender noun (PEOPLE)
    a group of people in a society who share particular qualities or ways of behaving which that society associates with being male, female, or another identity

    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gender

    … In this dichotomy, the terms male and female relate only to biological forms (sex), while the terms masculine/masculinity, feminine/femininity, woman/girl, and man/boy relate only to psychological and sociocultural traits (gender). This delineation also tends to be observed in technical and medical contexts, with the term sex referring to biological forms in such phrases as sex hormones, sex organs, and biological sex

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gender