This is one of my pet peeves. We all say that Gender and Sex are separate, and then we turn around and say they're the same thing! In my mind male and female are body terms, and man and woman are gender terms. I realized that our language confuses them, but I don't. I am a man, but I was born in a female body. Most men are born into male bodies, but some men aren't. Just because I'm a man, does not mean my body is male. Surgery and hormones can make my body look more male, but I would not be the same thing as male. Confusing gender with sex sets up a situation where we are saying: "you have to be male to be a man". And that enforces body image types... "you have to look male to be considered a man". I don't agree with this.
