&gt; Since gender is a social construct<p>The <i>real</i> issue is that there was never a discussion or vote on this proposition. People have the right to be offended when their language is pulled out from under them without their consent. It doesn&#x27;t make people bigoted to insist that the meaning of words matter. The whole thing comes across as very Orwellian to many.<p>&quot;Sexologist John Money introduced the terminological distinction between biological sex and gender as a role in 1955. Before his work, it was uncommon to use the word gender to refer to anything but grammatical categories.&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Gender" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Gender</a>