What is meant by the terms sex and gender? Why are the differences between the two terms important?
What will be an ideal response?
In this textbook, the term sex refers to sexual anatomy and sexual behavior, while gender refers to the state of being male or female. It is
important to make a distinction between these two terms, as sometimes the word sex is used in a very ambiguous manner. In certain cases, it may
refer to the state of being male or female while in other cases it may refer to sexual behavior or reproduction. Though a lot of this ambiguity can be
done away with by taking into account the context in which the word is used, it can still cloud our thinking. Thus, sex and gender are made out to
be two different but interrelated concepts.
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