Gender is social structure while sex is genetic endowment

Evidence

Gender in this paper is defined as a societal paradigm as opposed to sex, which is genetic. Gender relations are organized in terms of existing patterns of power and supremacy that structure life chances of men and women. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 926

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the sex/gender distinction as genetic versus societal paradigm.
• XREF: connects to: Gender can be distinguished from sex and nature without dualism — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 762; Gender is constructed meaning assigned to sex, not given by biology — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 673; Habitat availability, not genetics alone, determines whether a moss spore becomes male or female — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural…, 160 (+7 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Gender can be distinguished from sex and nature without dualism — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 762; Gender is constructed meaning assigned to sex, not given by biology — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 673; Habitat availability, not genetics alone, determines whether a moss spore becomes male or female — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural…, 160 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Gender is a social power structure rather than a genetic trait. #corroborates (0.95)
• Biological sex is a continuum rather than a strict binary #complicates (0.72) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1032