Gender IS biological sex. (It's not a "social construct".) English has a parallel vocabulary since the French-speaking Normans invaded and imposed their rule over German-speaking Saxons. So we have parallel vocabularies (one set of words from Latin, one from German). Hence why we have "kingly" and "regal," "raise" and "rear," "height" and "altitude". Gender and sex co-existed for the same reason, and were synonyms.
I speak Italian. On Italian forms, when they ask for your sex, they request you to fill in your "genere," your gender. It comes from the root word that also gives us "generate" [as if to generate a child] and "genitals".
"Gender" is just about the worst word to try and de-peg from biology, because it's a direct reference to it. Gender is no more a "social construct" than your genitals are. (Hint: Same word.)
It's not a gender thing. It's a biological sex thing period.
Gender IS biological sex. (It's not a "social construct".) English has a parallel vocabulary since the French-speaking Normans invaded and imposed their rule over German-speaking Saxons. So we have parallel vocabularies (one set of words from Latin, one from German). Hence why we have "kingly" and "regal," "raise" and "rear," "height" and "altitude". Gender and sex co-existed for the same reason, and were synonyms.
I speak Italian. On Italian forms, when they ask for your sex, they request you to fill in your "genere," your gender. It comes from the root word that also gives us "generate" [as if to generate a child] and "genitals".
"Gender" is just about the worst word to try and de-peg from biology, because it's a direct reference to it. Gender is no more a "social construct" than your genitals are. (Hint: Same word.)