1. It doesn’t mean sex, it means the sexes as they relate to society

Sex- biological class and function

Gender- the ways that the biological function of each sex impacts society.

Gender stereotypes/roles/expectations- sexism, assumptions based on the specific ways that the functions and differences between both sexes affect society.

/2. So... is James Charles a woman? Jeffrey Starr? Are all the members of the WNBA all men, since sports is typically associated with males?

/3. What role can a transwoman fill in society after transitioning that they couldn’t fulfill before? It has to be something only a woman can do, something a man cannot do, otherwise it’s not a social role that is designated to women. Same question for transmen.

/4. If you don’t see how a definition that literally says “either of the two sexes” is related to sex then I can’t help you. It’s literally the beginning of the definition, it’s the base of it.

/5. The other part of the definition is literally calling it “broadly” used- meaning the usage of the word is “stretched” to refer to the random genders that qt claims exists. this actually doesn’t mean that trans people can change gender or were always the opposite gender of their sex, this means that trans people fall into the broad range of identities, which would at best mean their gender is “trans”, not male or female. There’s nothing linking women and TW (or men and TM) to each other in a cultural or social way, other than the fact that TW model their bodies after female bodies and insist on being lumped in with us. It’s forced, there’s no real connection there, we have entirely different experiences.

So this means there’s two actual genders (male and female) while acknowledging that there are ranges of identity that people claim outside of whats actually a relevant aspect of society. Non binary is another of those broad genders- non binary people would literally have no role in society, no cultural reference, nothing, but they still have a sex and can’t escape gender in our society. That’s what the second part is referring to. It’s similar to the dictionary acknowledging that it’s common for some people to use the word “literally” incorrectly. It doesn’t change the meaning of the word, it acknowledges a colloquial usage.

1. My point is that it’s better if your posts are about your perspective in the first place, instead of you presenting them though the words of trans people. I get quoting them here and there, if you came across something that became the inspiration for your post, but it should be about your thoughts and opinions, and it never is. We have to ask over and over and go back and forth several times before we know what you think- it’s better to tell us your stance from the beginning imo