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Episode 79: Sex & Gender
Manage episode 253132854 series 134206
We trace the etymologies and development of the words “sex” and “gender”, as well as words for women and men in Greek, Latin, and English, touching on Roman, Greek, and medieval English ideas about gender. Then we discuss the grammatical term “gender” and how it differs across languages around the world.
This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
133 episodes
Manage episode 253132854 series 134206
We trace the etymologies and development of the words “sex” and “gender”, as well as words for women and men in Greek, Latin, and English, touching on Roman, Greek, and medieval English ideas about gender. Then we discuss the grammatical term “gender” and how it differs across languages around the world.
This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
133 episodes
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