… That would be sex. Chromosomes are used to identify the sex of an animal. Male and female describe two possible variations of sexes. It’s how we know that there’s a species of lizard that are all genetically identical females - clones, if you will. Or how we’ve identified something like 417 different sexes in one mold species based on different chromosome combinations. We don’t phenotype babies at birth, usually.
Gender is a societal/cultural concept that has meant many things (sometimes even competing ideas) over the centuries. Historically, they’re connected to secondary sex characteristics in humans, but not always. One of the oldest known gods had a priesthood made up exclusively of trans women, for example. Old versions of the Torah use a pronoun specifically for trans men that recognizes them as men trapped in the bodies of women. Many cultures throughout history had 3 or more recognized genders before their culture was supplanted by the fairly recent Christian concept of the gender binary. And even that is hypocritical, as God is nonbinary and says in the Bible that nonbinary people are His favorite as they are the most like to Him.
… That would be sex. Chromosomes are used to identify the sex of an animal. Male and female describe two possible variations of sexes. It’s how we know that there’s a species of lizard that are all genetically identical females - clones, if you will. Or how we’ve identified something like 417 different sexes in one mold species based on different chromosome combinations. We don’t phenotype babies at birth, usually.
Gender is a societal/cultural concept that has meant many things (sometimes even competing ideas) over the centuries. Historically, they’re connected to secondary sex characteristics in humans, but not always. One of the oldest known gods had a priesthood made up exclusively of trans women, for example. Old versions of the Torah use a pronoun specifically for trans men that recognizes them as men trapped in the bodies of women. Many cultures throughout history had 3 or more recognized genders before their culture was supplanted by the fairly recent Christian concept of the gender binary. And even that is hypocritical, as God is nonbinary and says in the Bible that nonbinary people are His favorite as they are the most like to Him.