"Sex" versus "gender": A renewed plea

Authors
Citation
Mr. Laner, "Sex" versus "gender": A renewed plea, SOCIOL INQ, 70(4), 2000, pp. 462-474
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Sociology & Antropology
Journal title
SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY
ISSN journal
00380245 → ACNP
Volume
70
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
462 - 474
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-0245(200023)70:4<462:"V"ARP>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Evidence from scholarly journals, texts, and other sources indicates that t he terms "sex" and "gender" continue to be used incorrectly, despite earlie r 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 conf usion and thereby improving scholarly communication with our students and o ne another.