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absent Thu 15-Jan-15 04:54:11

sex turn into gender? Sex is a biological concept; gender is a linguistic concept.

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vampirequeen Thu 15-Jan-15 07:31:09

I've never thought of it that way. I used the word gender rather than sex because it stopped the children sniggering when their teacher said a 'rude word' grin

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Teetime Thu 15-Jan-15 08:36:28

Quite so absent.

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ninathenana Thu 15-Jan-15 08:41:55

You've just made me realise that I'm guilty of this, I agree it's wrong.
I will try to remember smile

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