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J Am Dent Assoc, Vol 132, No 6, 720.
© 2001 American Dental Association
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LETTERS

SEX VS. GENDER

In a March JADA Letter to the Editor, [the letter writer] complained of his confusion and subsequent disappointment over the title, "Clinical Implications of Sex in Acute Temporomandibular Disorders" (January JADA). He thought "gender" would be more appropriate than "sex."

All words have meaning, ultimately, only in context; sex is no different from words like "ram" or "brake." I applaud JADA for using correct grammar: sex, not gender, in this case. Please continue to use the word sex to indicate maleness or femaleness. I implore you not to acquiesce to requests that are part of a trend of the last decade or so. If this continues, we will soon see "words" such as "genderal" reproduction, "heterogenderality," and "agenderal."

It seems many of us need to get our minds out of the gutter of prurience. Again, please, do not capitulate to illiteracy.



J. Dennis Lewis, D.D.S.
Brea, Calif.



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