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“Sex” versus “Gender”: A Renewed Plea
Author(s) -
Laner Mary Riege
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.2000.tb00920.x
Subject(s) - plea , confusion , sociology , gender studies , psychology , political science , law , psychoanalysis
Evidence from scholarly journals, texts, and other sources indicates that the terms “sex” and “gender” continue to be used incorrectly, despite earlier pleas to remedy this and related errors (e.g., the terms sex role, gender role, male/female). I advance the plea again, in the hope of reducing confusion and thereby improving scholarly communication with our students and one another.