Gender has become a meaningless term. When we talk about who can and can’t do X activity/behaviour, we usually base it off sex. People don’t dislike women in positions of authority because they’re identified as women, or because they’re socialised as women, but because they were born female-sexed, and we have a…

Seeing as we’re talking about careful use of language, you could also use “sex” instead of “gender”, when “sex” is what you mean. Eg in this context: “My three-year-old recently announced that “Boys play guitar,” despite knowing many female guitar players. This troubled me, not because it matters very much what he…

I can actually answer both your points because I became Swiss in August! How exciting, this is the first time it’s come in useful.