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| ''"In modern western society, few wear clothing generally associated with female gender roles."'' | ''"In modern western society, few wear clothing generally associated with female gender roles."'' | ||
| I thought this was so in all societies, not just western. Are there modern societies where the men cross-dress ? ] 15:18, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC) | I thought this was so in all societies, not just western. Are there modern societies where the men <a href="cross%20dress" onmouseover="window.status='cross-dress'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">cross-dress</a> ? ] 15:18, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC) | ||
| The above quote should say "In modern western society, few men wear clothing generally associated with '''western''' female gender roles" | The above quote should say "In modern western society, few men wear clothing generally associated with '''western''' female gender roles" | ||
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| According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary the word Gender means the grammatical classification of nouns into different sexes. Therefore Sex is the correct word to describe particular characteristics of men and women. Gender is often incorrectly used as a euphemism for the word sex. --] 18:35, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC) | According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary the word Gender means the grammatical classification of nouns into different sexes. Therefore Sex is the correct word to describe particular characteristics of men and women. Gender is often incorrectly used as a euphemism for the word sex. --] 18:35, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC) | ||
| POV: "it is estimated that one in 100,000 people are men who have been born without a typical male physiology (that is, they are transgendered or transsexual men)," This is deceptive and misleading, non-intersex ftm transexuals are not born with any sort of male anatomy, typical or otherwise. It should be enough to say that some females consider themselves men and let the reader decide if they consider that to be valid, not preach transgender identity politics at them in what is supposed to be a neutral article. I'm re-reverting. | |||
Revision as of 04:13, 29 October 2004
"In modern western society, few wear clothing generally associated with female gender roles." I thought this was so in all societies, not just western. Are there modern societies where the men <a href="cross%20dress" onmouseover="window.status='cross-dress'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=; return true;">cross-dress</a> ? Jay 15:18, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)
The above quote should say "In modern western society, few men wear clothing generally associated with western female gender roles"
Why is does this page use the word "sex" not "gender"? --(talk to)BozMo 13:56, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary the word Gender means the grammatical classification of nouns into different sexes. Therefore Sex is the correct word to describe particular characteristics of men and women. Gender is often incorrectly used as a euphemism for the word sex. --Cap 18:35, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
POV: "it is estimated that one in 100,000 people are men who have been born without a typical male physiology (that is, they are transgendered or transsexual men)," This is deceptive and misleading, non-intersex ftm transexuals are not born with any sort of male anatomy, typical or otherwise. It should be enough to say that some females consider themselves men and let the reader decide if they consider that to be valid, not preach transgender identity politics at them in what is supposed to be a neutral article. I'm re-reverting.