What exactly is the difference between gender and sex? Sorry, maybe it's simple, but I happen to be a Dutchman and although my English is pretty decent, I don't get some nuances, so please enlighten me.
Sex is simple. It's just whether you are biologically man or woman.
Gender is the issue. It's more of a classification of a person depending on what they see themselves as.
To put it another way, I think gender is more of a way of thinking. It is whichever sex that you identify more with. If you don't identify with your own sex, then you may get a sex change, which really only changes your sex in the eyes of the law, not in biology.
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What exactly is the difference between gender and sex? Sorry, maybe it's simple, but I happen to be a Dutchman and although my English is pretty decent, I don't get some nuances, so please enlighten me.
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Sex is simple. It's just whether you are biologically man or woman.
Gender is the issue. It's more of a classification of a person depending on what they see themselves as.
To put it another way, I think gender is more of a way of thinking. It is whichever sex that you identify more with. If you don't identify with your own sex, then you may get a sex change, which really only changes your sex in the eyes of the law, not in biology.