The mods didn’t like the English grammar lessonI tried to post. So let’s do it this way.
Did you ever fill out a form for a driver’s license, or at a doctor’s office etc.? How many of these forms asked for your “gender”?
NONE! “Gender” refers to nouns and pronouns. There is a totally different word (you’ve seen it on those forms) to refer to people. But the mods are afraid of it.
So I guess we’ll have to stick with “gender” and those of us who had a secular education will just have to tear our hair out.