From: chiaro scuro <kiaroskuro@...>
Date: 2006-03-05T06:13:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Symbols

On 3/4/06, William James <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Nobody who has any sense wants to record the "gender" of
> a human being.  A person is a member of a certain sex, not
> of a "gender".  Hence, "the weaker sex".  Only words have
> gender.  That is elementary.  Unfortunately, ignorant witlings
> have decided that it is trendy and politically correct to
> substitute 'gender' for 'sex'.

It must have started with people filling in the 'sex' entry in forms
with YES :-)