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> "Unfortunately, I cannot define masculine or feminine."
Given your legal chops, you might have some interest in an analogy on the topic from the late, great US Justice Anton Scalia:
Scalia: “The word 'gender' has acquired the new and useful connotation of cultural or attitudinal characteristics (as opposed to physical characteristics) distinctive to the sexes. That is to say, gender is to sex as feminine is to female and masculine is to male.”
Big part of the whole problem with the transgender clusterfuck is that too many people are scientifically, and biologically illiterate, and don't have a flaming clue about an idea central to statistics that there IS a difference between the sexes -- particularly as the ability to produce large or small gametes -- and the traits that correlate with them, to a greater or lesser extent. To a first approximation, "gender" is no more than a set of sexually dimorphic personality traits, roles, and behaviours.
Maybe of some use, a couple of my posts elaborating on that dichotomy, and a Wikipedia article on the topic:
"A Multi-Dimensional Gender Spectrum":
"Lies, Damned Lies, & Statistics":
"Sexual dimorphism":
Of particular note from the latter -- do note the "behavioral or cognitive traits", i.e., personalities (feminine and masculine):
"Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. The condition occurs in most dioecious species, which consist of most animals and some plants. Differences may include secondary sex characteristics, size, weight, color, markings, or behavioral or cognitive traits."
But you sure do cover a lot of ground -- with thoroughness, panache, and humour. May even be worth a pledge at some point, even if only for a month or two. 🙂
