"By gender they mean sex"...This Oxfam research & campaign against 'sexual & gender based violence' on public transport reflects the tension international orgs are under in their thinking on sex and genderhttps://twitter.com/AnamParvezButt/status/1159086324277792768 …
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I think it can so long as it is generally accepted when and where each definition is used. Frivolous example - competitive - this means something very different in economics as it does in the "real world". Also is berry. Raspberries are not actually berries but cucumbers are!
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The key thing is that when we need to define a protected or at risk group - the default becomes using the biological definition
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That's quite right. When I worked at the UN, special attention was placed on the needs of women and girls (as ensconced in treaties, et. al), and by "gender" we wanted to recognize that BOTH men and women had distinct challenges (in security, development, and humanitarian action)
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