True, but it's not just a grammatical term. "Gender" also refers to standards and behaviors associated with the sexes. That's why we can say certain qualities are "masculine," even if the person doing them is a woman. These judgments are socially determined and variable, while sex is genetically determined and fixed.
In my opinion, our present culture divides "masculine" and "feminine" in very limited and unproductive ways, and this contributes to the situation in which we seem to have many people, especially young people, socially defining themselves as "neuter" ... what we'd call "metrosexual" for a man and ... I'm not sure what the term is for women, but "slovenly" often comes to mind, when I see women in the Walmart in pajama pants and hoodies.
All virtuous and patriotic attitudes and behaviors should be expected of both sexes - "neuter" in gender. Something is wrong when a courageous and determined woman is described as "ballsy"!
“Something is wrong when a courageous and determined woman is described as “ballsy”!”
How about replacing it with “ovarian”?
Something is wrong when a courageous and determined woman is described as “ballsy”!
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I would say that what is wrong is how crude discourse has become in our culture. Both men and women could be described as being “courageous”; there is no need for rude terms. So sick of the way vulgarity is rampant in the speech of even otherwise decent people.