Forum:CT Archive/Change "gender" to "sex" in all character infoboxes

Hey everyone,

The "Gender" field in character infoboxes has always kinda bothered me. The word "gender" is much more closely associated with the masculine/feminine dichotomy rather than with chromosomal sex. The wikipedia article on gender does an OK job of explaining it, but to get into the nitty-gritty, you'd need to read a bunch of literature on feminism, queer theory, or some other kind of cultural studies. I don't want to bring any of that into my argument, however; I'd like to keep it strictly based on accuracy and correctness. And when we're talking about "Male," "Female", or even Hutts, "Sex" is more correct than "Gender,"

Since droids have masculine or feminine programming, "Gender" seems more appropriate for them, so this proposal is strictly for all character infoboxes. It's very simple: Sex instead of Gender. I don't really see any room for a third option. Menkooroo 14:40, November 28, 2010 (UTC)

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 * 1) Menkooroo 14:40, November 28, 2010 (UTC)