Zone1 how many genders are there?

[Zebra]

The answes may vary.

For me there are two.

 

[ReinyDays]

Again? ...

In English, there are three third person singular nominative pronouns ... he, she and it ... the last vestige of gender in the language ... Donald Trump has asked us to refrain from using "it" so we are in the process of redefining which nouns are which ... the important part here is that it is the words that have gender ... not the thing the word describes (necessarily) ...

There are two biological sexes ... a man has an XY pairing for the 23rd Chromosome, whereas a woman has the complete XX pairing, important for brain function ... men are superfluous after fertilization, better for the herd if men stay stupid and fight the lions and tigers ... you know, while the smarter more able women runs off with the children ... if you believe in evolution ...

 

[Zebra]

German has 3 articles, der,die,das

Still i voted for 2 genders

 

[citygator]

Define gender please and also can you explain your understanding of how it is different from sex? Just making sure I understand how you mean your question.

 

[Zebra]

Maybe i should have asked for sexes
My question was meant biologically

 

[skye]

 

[citygator]

Maybe i should have asked for sexes
My question was meant biologically

There are two sexes. Male and Female with a miniscule number of ambiguous biological outliers.

Gender encompasses the roles, behaviors, and identities that society associates with them. So you can be called "feminine" as a male as a slam suggesting that you are not demonstrating the role of a male. That slam doesnt mean you have an XX chromosome. Same with how folks identify.

In short: sex is about biology; gender is about social expectations layered on top of that biology. Confusing the two is what causes most of the disagreement.

Its really not that hard or controversial but right wingers want to act crazy about it.

 

[there4eyeM]

In English and at least some other languages, masculine, feminine and neuter. As far as humas go, of course, masculine and feminine.

 

[Zebra]

The German word for girl is …. das Mädchen, grammatically neuter

Mark Twain made fun of this.

 

[citygator]

Ships are feminine. Even mail ships.

 

[ReinyDays]

German has 3 articles, der,die,das

Still i voted for 2 genders

What about ein, eine, einen, einem, and einer ... I count five ... [giggle] ...

 

[Meathead]

The German word for girl is …. das Mädchen, grammatically neuter

Mark Twain made fun of this.

That is so in many languages.

 

[sparky]

Define gender please

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gen·der
/ˈjendər/

noun

1. 1.
   the male sex or the female sex, especially when considered with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones, or one of a range of other identities that do not correspond to established ideas of male and female.
   "the singer has opted to keep the names and genders of her twins private"