What I still wonder is how you missed the second definition, which you quoted, which explicitly referred to the qualities culturally associated with sex.
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including the fact that it is explicitly linked to biological sex.
yes. hey look, we're saying the same thing. the only thing is one of does not understand that it starts with biology, an objective reality, and is then applied at a social level; how that particular sex is treated. IT DOES NOT GO IN REVERSE.
aside from that, it's culturally relative, as much as i hate to use that concept. what OUR culture associates with men may not be what another culture does.
it's about analyzing the biases inherent in a particular society. this is how women behave. this is how men behave, from an outside perspective. so you can talk about certain gender biases. you, on the other hand, are STARTING with that gender bias, and using it to interpret something else.
since the definition hinges on the sex on the thing in general, applying a gender to something sexless is pure idiocy. tell me, what behavioural, cultural, or psychological traits are associated with androgyny in alien culture? hmm?
like i said, it's an invalid technique.
How stupid do you think I am, Arach?
i don't believe i can answer that honestly without an admin stepping in.
Did you really think that you could post a definition of a word that would confirm my usage of the word and that I wouldn't notice? Maybe the better question is, how stupid are you to have apparently done exactly that?
i dunno, since you are incapable of following logical order in sentance...
Why should I be bothered to have a conversation with someone as lazy as you?
why should be bothered to have a conversation with someone who is continually condescending and mean inspite of their own obvious ignorance?