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[–]AllInOne[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What do you mean by "it's not how the words are used out in the wider world"? I thought male and female only refer to sex out in the wider world too? And if 'woman' and 'man' describe "gender", what do you mean by 'woman' and 'man'? Can you define "gender" and what "woman" and "man" mean to you?

Edit: Ah well, you deleted your account so I'm responding to nothing

Are there any GC here that can tell me what this TQ means by "woman" and "man" describing "gender"?

[–]Spikygrasspod 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Some feminists have claimed that 'woman' and 'man' describe social categories, not biological ones. For example, Sally Haslanger argued that a 'woman' is someone who occupies a subordinate social status on the basis of her actual or presumed femaleness. This 'revisionary' definition was supposed to help feminists find the people to whom feminism applies. I don't agree with the revisionary project, but it may help explain why some people define woman as a social role. This is different from femininity as a performance. Obviously, performing femininity will not necessary result in someone occupying a feminine social position.