[contemplative interlude from so much coronavirus controversy]

Re:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity
"Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender. Gender identity can correlate with a person's assigned sex at birth or can differ from it. Gender expression typically reflects a person's gender identity, but this is not always the case. While a person may express behaviors, attitudes, and appearances consistent with a particular gender role, such expression may not necessarily reflect their gender identity. The term
gender identity was originally coined by Robert J. Stoller in 1964."

Who knew

That "gender" quietly transitioned in recent decades from meaning "person's assigned sex at birth" to "personal sense of one's own gender" and that this transition was so easily accepted by modern society! In other words, assigned sex at birth became insignificant information in recent decades - one's personal sense is what everyone wants to see, overtly expressed - not hidden in a closet.
Or maybe the hiding is what's so intriguing! If your closet identity is what everyone sees then that's uninteresting. Male? Female? uninteresting! ... unless associated with a lesser-known wannabe identity. Maybe this is the allure of TikTok, etc. - you can entertain (shock?) the world with other identity! Besides, physical identify of male or female is better contrast when less confirming of personal sense now openly expressed.

Who knew

That personal sense of gender identity would eventually be categorized as 76* (there must be dozens more to discover!). Unfortunately, evolutionary gender (male, female) is excruciatingly slow in complementing personal sense (surgical expertise is becoming an effective option). So slow in fact, that assigned sex at birth may require new terms to better communicate that evolution has long been outdated science. Best guess: The new terms will need to at least acknowledge human source of sperm and human source of egg (plus accompanying womb for development of the egg). *
https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/ ... book-users
Not to worry

The new terms, if well chosen,
will not forecast personal sense of identity to be discovered years (decades?) later.
Rod
