What do you think may be a reason why biological sex and gender are not considered synonyms in the 21st century?

[Anonymous]

[PositiveFlight]

I don’t care what pop culture and modern society find as synonymous or not synonymous. It’s quite evident that the whole world has lost its collective mind in the last 15 years especially. People don’t want to even recognize what’s truth any longer. They have their own psychosis they live in along with moral relativism. I deal in reality. I see sex and gender inseparably connected and it always will be regardless of someone’s feelings on the matter

[dudeinohio]

They are. Only the politically correct squids believe the opposite.

[menina]

Because there are more people who don't identify with the gender assigned at birth. They show it and speak about it. In Western society that's not a taboo anymore.

[abc3643]

Because they are not the same.

Your biological sex has nothing to do with your brain - it's your genitalia.

Your gender is a mental state for which biological sex you perceive yourself as.

[Asker]

Gender and sex used to be synonymous words. I am assuming they changed the definition to make trans people feel better

[abc3643]

Perhaps they were synonymous, but, actually, no one said gender 40 years ago. That was something only healthcare professionals might say in a professional setting. So, we ONLY said "sex" which is why it was the only thing on forms. Over time, there came a recognition that there are a lot of people who are... different. Homosexuals, obviously. But then there were people, often homosexuals, who seemed like the opposite sex - effeminate men or butch lesbians, for instance. As the psychological profession started investigating this more rigorously, it became apparent that they'd need appropriate scientific terms, etc. Ultimately, via osmosis, these terms enter the public lexicon (and are often abused). This happens all the time and all sorts of different areas in life. So, this doesn't have anything to make trans people feel better.

[BlondeGoneWild]

Delusions

[Anonymous]

An epidemic of narcissism. A relatively small percentage of the population is so self absorbed that they decide they're something they are visibly not and expect everyone to kiss their asses by going along with it. Give it just another 5 years and the same kinds of people will identify as aliens or lions and expect everyone to go along with that, too.

[Anonymous]

I think because the word transgender was invented in the 1900s maybe

[Anonymous]

People being too scared to offend the blue hairs