Sex and Gender: A Word Difference and why I think it is Important (religionwise)

 Hello!

Today what I want to write about is something I think is fairly unspoken about. 

When parents announce the sex or gender (I will leave the terms neutral for now) of a child, it is called a "gender reveal". "Reveal" is straightforward and "gender" usually is too. However, actually this phrase is not right, because of a big difference in words.

What is the difference between sex and gender? They are not the same, and actually gender is a modern term which is influenced by modern liberalism  when it comes to sex. Sex is the biological term and gender is the sociological term. Your gender (how you sociologically are, male or female) should be your sex (at birth). 

So, the example of "gender reveal" is wrong, it is a sex reveal, as what it is revealing is if the child will be a boy or girl at birth. 

Something I don't like is using "gender" for everything. I think this is because of "sex" being taboo since it has other meanings, but I think there is nothing wrong with the word. After all, God created both meanings of the word "sex" perfectly (while it has been defiled by human sin, but remains to be perfect if done as intended).

Why is this all important? 

Nowadays, sex is becoming more and more discussed about and controversial, and if sex is sacred, we should avoid confusion about it, including words that are lacking. Yes, we can say gender, but depending on the context (sociological)

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