Comment on These dames wanting inclusivity
nickiwest@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoMen/women - nouns Male/female - adjectives
I think the reason male and female get equated with biology is because biologists need to describe individuals in terms of characteristics within the species.
Like, “I live with a small, white, female felis catus and a tall, Caucasian, male homo sapiens” is a weird way to tell people that I live with my cat and my husband outside of a scientific context.
Iceblade02@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Male/Female are also nouns, which are biological terms.
MoonManKipper@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Exactly. The key thing is the differentiation of sex (biology) and gender (social). A bathroom for women can be used by all women, even those who happen to have male bodies. It also clarifies the difference between transsexual and transgender - most transgender people are not transsexual.