Message from @.B

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2018-03-05 02:24:57 UTC  

I kinda told you why "gender" was used

2018-03-05 02:25:14 UTC  

because in most languages "sex" is also a verb of the act

2018-03-05 02:25:31 UTC  

thats a weak arguement

2018-03-05 02:25:45 UTC  

in most languages the same word means different things

2018-03-05 02:25:52 UTC  

so to avoid confusion, "gender" was another way of refering to it that was clear to understand what you're asking

2018-03-05 02:25:59 UTC  

so gender so as to not pull an austin powers? *filling out form* "Sex? Yes please."

2018-03-05 02:26:19 UTC  

yes, I believe that is the main reason

2018-03-05 02:26:36 UTC  

not to mention sex is only an english word, in other languages the act of having sex is a different word

2018-03-05 02:26:52 UTC  

in my native language the same happens

2018-03-05 02:26:55 UTC  

in spanish too

2018-03-05 02:26:58 UTC  

in french too

2018-03-05 02:27:00 UTC  

gender: "late Middle English: from Old French gendre (modern genre ), based on Latin genus ‘birth, family, nation.’ The earliest meanings were ‘kind, sort, genus’ and ‘type or class of noun, etc."

2018-03-05 02:27:14 UTC  

I could do some research on it tbh

2018-03-05 02:27:20 UTC  

i dont think the chinese call the act of reproduction sex

2018-03-05 02:27:29 UTC  

consitering they have no latin roots

2018-03-05 02:27:37 UTC  

we are talking about the west

2018-03-05 02:27:44 UTC  

so not most languages

2018-03-05 02:27:56 UTC  

the Chinese have 5 different words using the same 3 letters

2018-03-05 02:27:56 UTC  

in the same order

2018-03-05 02:27:57 UTC  

if you go to asian countries, there's not even pronouns

2018-03-05 02:28:02 UTC  

kanjis are gendered

2018-03-05 02:28:18 UTC  

let's not dig a bigger hole into this

2018-03-05 02:29:07 UTC  

really i think only spanish has a word close to sex

2018-03-05 02:29:10 UTC  

sexo

2018-03-05 02:29:14 UTC  

what feminists are trying to do, removing gendered names of things can't even be done in most asian languages

2018-03-05 02:29:21 UTC  

italians use sesso

2018-03-05 02:29:24 UTC  

replace gender on all forms with "chromo" and have it be Y/X

2018-03-05 02:29:26 UTC  

portuguese too

2018-03-05 02:29:37 UTC  

well french use sexe

2018-03-05 02:30:14 UTC  

good luck trying to fix German if they are trying to make it "gender neutral"

2018-03-05 02:30:20 UTC  

even then though latin languages are also the most common languages to have a word with multiple definitions

2018-03-05 02:30:35 UTC  

and have those words transfer from verb to noun

2018-03-05 02:31:03 UTC  

also boats have genders apparently

2018-03-05 02:31:06 UTC  

but not sex

2018-03-05 02:31:09 UTC  

@Arch-Fiend is there no other language in which there is multiple words that mean the same thing?

2018-03-05 02:31:21 UTC  

yes there are

2018-03-05 02:31:23 UTC  

i think most languages do grenade

2018-03-05 02:31:51 UTC  

which is why "they use gender insted of sex because sex can also be a verb" is a weak argument

2018-03-05 02:32:14 UTC  

asking for the "sex" is also informal

2018-03-05 02:32:15 UTC  

its also not how science works

2018-03-05 02:32:25 UTC  

asking "gender" is considered the formal way of asking it