sarah jeong

@normative @binarybits and the reason it's important to them (us) is because the 'correct' meaning carries significant political consequence

@onekade @normative OK, so you're redefining "correct" to mean "has political implications I favor."

@binarybits @normative and yeah, i think we can all agree that white supremacy and transphobia are social ills, correct?

@onekade @binarybits In general, I go with words meaning whatever people generally use them to mean, but in this case it's a cheat

@normative @onekade But "you're using this common word wrong" just makes people think you're arrogant and/or crazy.

@binarybits @normative @onekade Distinguishing between sex and gender isn't a highly academic or radical concept. It's pretty basic.

@mollyknefel If you asked 100 random people to explain the difference between sex and gender, how many do you think would get it "right?"

@binarybits @binarybits googling "sex and gender distinction" yields a lot of results. And a random survey is different than people writing-