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KIRUNGI
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ENGLISH MISTAKES
October 16, 2006 - 10:41 AM
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I went for some seminar and they had to ask the meaning of the word sex,but we had different answers from our minds.So i would like to know what the meaning of this word sex if you were to give an answer from the members around.?
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Re: ENGLISH MISTAKES
October 17, 2006 - 10:27 AM
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Well, it depends totally om the context in which the word is used!
Firstly, sex is (for me at least  ) the physical difference between male and female, or biological sex.
Secondly, it's surely the act of copulation.
Think that these are the main meaning of the word under consideration. In attributive function the word might have other shades of meaning:
like "sex godess" is extremely appealing for males girl,
or "sex hormons" is a medical term sticking to the first meaning of sex.
So, that's it.
BTW, you have nice seminars and pretty funny topics to discuss there!
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Re: ENGLISH MISTAKES
November 23, 2006 - 08:01 PM
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The word SEX has more than one meaning. Sex can be referred to as one's gender that is : male or female.
Another meaning of SEX is when male and female have sexual relationship.
I am sure that if one checks the dictionary one will get more meanings of the word SEX apart from the two I have given.
This post was edited on: 2006-12-16 at 01:05 AM by: TOPE1
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Re: ENGLISH MISTAKES
November 28, 2006 - 10:53 AM
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In recent days, Sex and Gender have been given two different meanings...
Sex (the noun) refers to a person's physical, sexual alignment... or at least something along those context.
Sex (the verb) refers to the act of... well, intimacy.
Gender, however, refers to the mindset of a given person. Those born with a higher amount of the hormones of the opposite sex, or who find themselves a lot closer to the opposite sex in mindset, or even who are born with the brain of the opposite sex (which has been found to be true, oddly enough), are considered "Transgender." "Transsexual" refers to someone who goes and changes their Sex, or the physical part of their bodies.
I bring this up because calling a "Transgender" a "Transsexual" can be offensive to some... and we wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings...
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Re: ENGLISH MISTAKES
November 29, 2006 - 10:16 AM
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convivial wrote:
In recent days, Sex and Gender have been given two different meanings...
Sex (the noun) refers to a person's physical, sexual alignment... or at least something along those context.
Sex (the verb) refers to the act of... well, intimacy.
Gender, however, refers to the mindset of a given person. Those born with a higher amount of the hormones of the opposite sex, or who find themselves a lot closer to the opposite sex in mindset, or even who are born with the brain of the opposite sex (which has been found to be true, oddly enough), are considered "Transgender." "Transsexual" refers to someone who goes and changes their Sex, or the physical part of their bodies.
I bring this up because calling a "Transgender" a "Transsexual" can be offensive to some... and we wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings...
Well, I respect your opinion, but Gender isn't actually what you wrote here about hormones! It has even nearly nothing with biological sex at all. What is has to do with is a social role or let's put it less strict "social sex".
Or it's not so?
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Wajid Baysudee
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Re: ENGLISH MISTAKES
December 11, 2006 - 06:33 AM
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I think our friends mentioned above the different meanings of sex. And I am sure you now full knowledge of “meaning of Sex”. I still wonder what kind of seminar they held for you that you got confuse the meaning. lolz
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Re: ENGLISH MISTAKES
January 19, 2007 - 01:41 AM
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It depends on the context. I remember the son of my professor who was asking his mom what sex meant. My prof gave an elaborate and creative meaning just so she could explain it to her kid (who was then 6 years old). My prof said, "it's what parents do to have a cute smart boy like you." And the boy goes, "no mom! what is sex? F or M?"
Words change because of the context.
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Re: ENGLISH MISTAKES
February 20, 2007 - 12:33 AM
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Sex is biological. Gender is sociological.
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