The Difference between Sex and Gender | Finn Mackay

Finn Mackay explains the difference between sex and gender and why it is important today.

From Facebook's customisable gender option to popstars in drag, the traditional categories of male and female are now being challenged in the mainstream. But what would a world beyond gender really look like? Would it eradicate inequality or instead embed stereotypes? Should we keep gender and fight prejudice, or would a world beyond gender be both fair and free?

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Finn Mackay: Finn Mackay is founder of London's Feminist Network and is a Sociology Lecturer as well as activist.

[thomasmenezes]

What’s the difference between gender and personality? Cause the way she describes gender I can’t tell the difference.

[RPJustkeepmarching]

A man is a man
A woman is a woman

There you have it folks, bombshell

[snuggysnorlax]

the notion of tabula rasa humans popping out of the womb is ridiculous

[vincebrown]

I want to vomit! These creatures need psychiatric help.

[bjjkickboxing]

The definition of a man is: male human. And the definition of male is a human who have all the masculine physical characteristics such as masculine genitlia, xx chromosomes etc. There fore to be a man you need to have male genitalia and xy chromosomes