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Actors and Actresses Swapping "Roles" Prove It's not Sex that Makes up Gender Id

Started by katia, October 04, 2007, 11:17:59 PM

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October 04, 2007, 11:17:59 PM
Actors and Actresses Swapping "Roles" Prove It's not Sex that Makes up Gender Identity

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By Laura Delarato
10/3/2007

'According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, gender is "the behavioral, cultural or psychological traits typically associated with one sex." Sometimes we associate gender with our sex, but we are mistaken, for sex is genetically determined. It is the inner XX or XY chromosomes that create our outer sex organs. In layman terms, gender is the role we play in society that best represents our personal preference in the way we identify with others'
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