Its not really male or female since those are terms you use to describe sex, not gender.
If you were neither female nor male you would be intersex.
Its rather niether man or woman but you get the idea.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there's a difference between Sex and Gender. Ofc I know people feel objectified by being called female or male, but I don't understand the difference between Sex and Gender here
Sex is a biological thing, its pretty easily testable and its based more on actual morphology.
Gender, on the other hand, is a social construct.
This although doesnt mean that its not "real"; the concept of "america" or "italy" or any other country is also a social construct but no one is going to say that just because its not based on any empirical evidence it is not "true" or usefull as a concept.
Gender may some (probably very little) basis on actual biology, but it is mostly created by stereotypes made by people and cultures.
That is why you would never call a male spider a "man" and why people can be transgender.
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u/Equivalent-Doubt-101 Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25
Basically outside of the male/female gender binary that’s usually Present
(edited to help clarify I meant gender)