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  1. Social Matters: Sex and Gender

    by , March 18th 2012 at 05:18 PM (Chrs' emporium of Techie stuff and other assorted things)
    I've gotten into a few discussions about this recently so I think I should probably codify my opinion on the issue.

    First, definitions:
    Sex - Do you have a Y chromosome? If yes, your biological sex is male. Otherwise, your biological sex is female.
    Gender - Roughly "femininity" and "masculinity" - refers to traits culturally associated with sexes.
    Trait - Something about a person. A personality aspect, skill, physical feature, whatever.

    So, what ...
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