http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gender (see 2a)
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gender (see 3a)

Steve VanSlyck wrote :
> This system does /not/ want to know my sex. If you're asking a living  
> creature whether it is male or female, you are asking it's sex, not  
> its gender. Living creatures do not come in genders. They come in sexes.
> 
> [email protected] wrote:
> 
>> Steve VanSlyck wrote:
>> The system has no interest in biology. The system wants to know your
>> gender, so that it can use the correct grammatical gender in pronouns
>> referring to you. I thought I made this pretty clear in the announcement.


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