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[–]Willpoll 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

As I remember the original meaning for gender referred to gendered language where the same word would be spelt differently depending on if you were speaking to a man or a woman. It wasn't till the 50's that gender as a synonym for sex started taking off. Now we have the current day convoluted meaning

[–]BiHorror 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

It's both honestly. Gendered language (for language usuage) then became used euphemism for sex. Dropped out of fashion... Then John Money and Queer Theory happened.