Usage High Horse
May. 20th, 2005 06:13 pmHey, where's
drood?
And not entirely unconnected, why does everyone insist on using the words sex and gender interchangeably? Gender is a fine word that works beautifully in lots of cases and is so rarely used. Sex is not a bad word but is it necessary to use when one means gender? And is it necessary for me to get all worked up over this??? This is a job for a professional writer.
Where's
drood?
And not entirely unconnected, why does everyone insist on using the words sex and gender interchangeably? Gender is a fine word that works beautifully in lots of cases and is so rarely used. Sex is not a bad word but is it necessary to use when one means gender? And is it necessary for me to get all worked up over this??? This is a job for a professional writer.
Where's