Traditionally,gender has been used primarily to refer to the grammatical categories of masculine,feminine,and neuter;but in recent years the word has become well established in its use to refer to sex-based categories,as in phrases such as“gender gap”and“the politics of gender".This usage is supported by the practice of many anthropologists,who reserve sex for reference to biological categories,while using gender to refer to social or cultural categories.According to this rule,one would say: ❖ Traditionally, gender has been used primarily to refer to the grammatical categories of masculine, feminine, and neuter; but in recent years the word has become well established in its use to refer to sex-based categories, as in phrases such as “gender gap” and “the politics of gender”. This usage is supported by the practice of many anthropologists, who reserve sex for reference to biological categories, while using gender to refer to social or cultural categories. According to this rule, one would say: