2009/5/17 Steve VanSlyck <s.vanslyck(a)spamcop.net>et>:
MY gender is he/him/his. Plumbing fittings have
genders. Electrical
plugs (male) and sockets (female) have genders. Mechanical parts have
genders.
If the system wants to know something biological, like whether I am male
or female, the correct thing to ask would be my SEX. Can we please use
correct terminology? "Sex" is not a dirty word.
You are, of course, correct, however in this case "gender" could be
considered correct - we are talking about what gender pronouns to use
to refer to the person. We should probably say "specify the gender
they use" rather than "specify their gender" if we want to be pedantic
(which we usually do!).