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>>162967
That's a very lucid post you make, stranger. And I think it'd also do well to highlight the difference between gender, and sex. Sex is the set of characteristics of an organism that exhibits dimorphism between who bears the egg and who bears the sperm. They have biological needs and distinctness. Gender is the -cultural construct- derived from sex. Gender is to wearing clothes what nakedness is to sex. Gender is the cultural perception of what is masculine or feminine, even if the act itself is neither and asexual. In some cultures, sewing and cooking are purely man's work. In others, they're womens work.
Automatons are non-sexually reproducing. Most of the time. Automatons do not have functioning genitalia. They're sapient, intelligent synthetic organisms, existing without a heritage in a reproducing, naturally selecting culture. They exist outside the realm of reproduction and sex. It stands to reason, even if you personally subscribe some characteristics to sex, these concepts are meaningless to automatons. Any adoption or gender significance in their mannerisms or actions is elective and a choice.
That makes robots incapable of having a sex, but it makes them prime candidates for their /gender/ to be important. Gender is the cultural construct. Gender is what says if you wear pink and adopt certain characteristics common in the female sex, then you must be of the female gender. Even if you have a dick. Some people argue that sex is the only determining factor that matters (typically conservatives) and others say gender is the only appropriate determinant factor (typically liberals) that even goes far enough to supersede sex as what determines male and female.
I fully endorse embracing the word 'gynoid' to mean 'an automaton of the female gender' rather than the cultural association with 'fleshlight.' Politically speaking, android and gynoid being words that equate 'male' and 'female' for robotic organisms is appropriate. :)
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