Are there definitions, words or phrases, that stand alone in their description of gender, such as maybe Third Gender? One's that are not derived from the binary, but stand alone in definition?

Seems like most everything else does. Up and Down, Here and There, Beginning and Ending? Etc.,

It's more like On and Off. Maybe doesn't even fit there.......

Is this the root of confusion and disagreement and overabundance of labels? This has been going through my head for a few days now, and I got nothing substantial.

Language-wise, there is a "neuter" gender (particularly in Romance languages).  The word "neutral" and anything that looks like those came from that.  That's all I got though. 

I suppose definition is started by naming each end of a line, that a gender word not connected to binary is not a gender word because for most people gender is binary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun

My head hurts......

Quote from: ativan on April 18, 2011, 07:01:24 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun

My head hurts......

That'll do it.