So, about the word "gender." Originally it meant "type or category." Then linguists got hold of it and used it to label particular qualities of particular words. I don't know when people started using it as an euphemism for sex but it was sometime after that. People actually used the word "sex" quite liberally in the late 1800s to mid 1900s. The only reason I know that is I've read enough books from that time frame. Anyway, de-sexing gender would be taking it back closer to its original meaning, ironically enough.
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So, about the word "gender." Originally it meant "type or category." Then linguists got hold of it and used it to label particular qualities of particular words. I don't know when people started using it as an euphemism for sex but it was sometime after that. People actually used the word "sex" quite liberally in the late 1800s to mid 1900s. The only reason I know that is I've read enough books from that time frame. Anyway, de-sexing gender would be taking it back closer to its original meaning, ironically enough.