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That biological and "gender role" are separate is a complete construct of society, something that is subjective and prone to change over time- ergo, not a fact
Masculine and feminine are a sum of secondary sexual characteristics determined by your DNA as explained by science - fact
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Society does define gender roles. How do you get to 'biological sex and gender are different things' not being a fact? They could certainly overlap with people, but they describe different things. What's defined as masculine and feminine goes beyond genitalia and chromosomes.
That biological and "gender role" are separate is a complete construct of society, something that is subjective and prone to change over time- ergo, not a fact
Masculine and feminine are a sum of secondary sexual characteristics determined by your DNA as explained by science - fact
Sex only refers to biological differences-gender to social and behavioral ones. Like it or not, that's the contemporary usage.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/gender
Definition of gender in English:
noun
The state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones):
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...Although the words gender and sex both have the sense ‘the state of being male or female,’ they are typically used in slightly different ways: sex tends to refer to biological differences, while gender refers to cultural or social ones.
http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/resources/sexuality-definitions.pdf
"Sex refers to a person’s biological status and is typically categorized as male, female, or intersex (i.e., atypical combinations of features that usually distinguish male from female). There are a number of indicators of biological sex, including sex chromosomes, gonads, internal reproductive organs, and external genitalia.
Gender refers to the attitudes, feelings, and behaviors that a given culture associates with a person’s biological sex. Behavior that is compatible with cultural expectations is referred to as gender-normative; behaviors that are viewed as incompatible with these expectations constitute gender non-conformity."
This is a big reason I prefer 'transgender' over 'transsexual'; partly because it just sounds less seedy, but also because I don't think we can change our biological sex, I certainly think we can change our gender. So when people harp on the biological sex factor, my eyes glaze over and I start wondering if I've forgotten any dry cleaning. Because I simply don't care.