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Originally Posted by maskedmelon
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Yeah, except you didn't. Go pull the definitions for male, female and man/woman. The, apply that understanding to the definition of gender. You will see that man is defined as an adult human male and woman is defined as an adult human female. And you will see that male and female are defined as I have defined them (or closely). There is no reference to gender in either. And if gender is a social construct the. It is even less relevant to the terms man/woman.
Nope.
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I know its embarrassing to be refuted so easily on your own standard of evidence but the description in the dictionary must be taken in whole form. You don't get to cherry pick to support your premature conclusions.
The purpose of a dictionary is to DEFINE a word, you don't get to ignore pieces of the definition at your convenience.
typically used with reference to social or cultural differences rather than biological ones.
Gender: gen·der
ˈjendər/Submit
noun
1.
the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones).
Sex: sex
seks/Submit
noun
2.
either of the two main categories (male and female) into which humans and many other living things are divided on the basis of their reproductive functions.
In case you were wondering Reproduction is a biological function.
Sorry for your pride.