So I already know that "Man" and "Women" are not "genders", they are not identities or things that are in your head and that they are just biological states of sex but I have to admit that the term "Gender" and more importantly the definition for it has always perplexed me. I personally felt that "Gender" and "Gender expression" are the same thing i.e that all gender is, is "femininity", "masculinity", and "androgyny", that all it is is just descriptors of personality, demeanor, and personal style and that it doesn't define sex. But every single time TRAs try to fight me on this, they always bring up how "Gender", "Gender Identity", and "Gender Expression" are not the same thing and while I know it's all bullshit, it still does give me a headache trying to muddle through it.
I know that "gender identity" is a bunch of rubbish but am I really correct in thinking and saying that "Gender" and "Gender Expression" are the same thing? According to the definition of these things, it reads...
Gender: either of the two sexes (male and female), especially when considered with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones. The term is also used more broadly to denote a range of identities that do not correspond to established ideas of male and female.
(this definition does not make any sense to me period, the whole "denote a range of identities).
And according to the "kid" definition of "gender"
Gender: the state of being male or female
(This definition doesn't make sense to me because are "man" and "woman" or in the case of children, "boy" and "girl" the state of being male or female??)
And finally for "Gender expression" the definition reads
Gender Expression: the way in which a person expresses their gender identity, typically through their appearance, dress, and behavior.
(See obviously this makes sense in the sense of femininity, masculinity, and androgyny being the expression.)
I'm sorry, I just want to be sure that I'm using the terms correctly when arguing against TRAs because it's the thing that I will admit they sometimes trip me up on. I know it's just a bunch of head games they are playing to confuse people but I don't think there's any harm in making sure that I'm interpreting these terms correctly.
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