MrPedantic  +  291224 Thu, 09 Nov 06 11:39 PM <...our sex...> Well done, VR. None of that "gender" nonsense. MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	nona the brit  +  291547 Fri, 10 Nov 06 06:10 PM So are you saying that Queen Vic was wrong to use the word sex there? nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	Englishuser  +  291570 Fri, 10 Nov 06 07:28 PM Hi nona the brit, Modern writers should definitely write 'gender', not 'sex', in this context. Englishuser Englishuser Genders

	MrPedantic  +  291678 Sat, 11 Nov 06 02:12 AM I share your    , Gendertus. MrP MrPedantic

	Mister Micawber  +  291681 Sat, 11 Nov 06 02:20 AM As I understand it, the Victorians used sex but they didn't mention it.  Do you think Her Majesty made a slip of the tongue? Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,833 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	Englishuser  +  291739 Sat, 11 Nov 06 08:27 AM Hi Mister Micawber, No, I don't think so. I think the Victorians used 'sex' where it was considered appropriate, as did Romanticist writers. Englishuser Englishuser

	Englishuser  +  291741 Sat, 11 Nov 06 08:34 AM Hi Sextus and Mr Pedantic, You might like to know that the word 'gender', in its modern sense, entered the English language sometime between 1930 and 1969, when feminist ideology grew stronger. Consequentially, Her Majesty Queen Victoria did not need to make the distinction between 'sex' and 'gender' in the way modern writers do. Englishuser Englishuser Genders