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In article <588e84fa-295b-44a1-b53d-63b87911735e@v15g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
TideMan  <mulgor@gmail.com> wrote:
>IMHO, the distance between the eyes does not determine gender.
>What determines gender is located somewhat south of the eyes.

That is sex, surely? However, gender may be located behind the eyes.
;-)

Some discussion of gender vs sex here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender#The_word_gender_in_English

"Among the reasons that working scientists have given me for choosing
gender rather than sex in biological contexts are desires to signal
sympathy with feminist goals, to use a more academic term, or to avoid
the connotation of copulation."
- David Haig, The Inexorable Rise of Gender and the Decline of Sex.

Francis