You asked
With specific reference to paper: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/articles/whatisthedifferencebetweensexandgender/2019-02-21
Please provide the following information:
Scientific proof that "gender" exists separate to "sex"
Where the following, from the paper, can I find where the "government defines sex". The UK government defines sex as: referring to the biological aspects of an individual as determined by their anatomy, which is produced by their chromosomes, hormones and their interactions; generally male or female; something that is assigned at birth.
Why you use a "government" definition of a scientific term, rather than the scientific one?
Why you use erroneous descriptions?
Why you say "assigned at birth" when sex is created at conception and can be detected before birth.
On what basis you believe it acceptable, given the above, to bend (at best) scientific truth.
We said
Thank you for your recent correspondence regarding the article 'What is the difference between sex and gender?'
Within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, 'sex' and 'gender' are used interchangeably. In the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, goals and targets refer to gender and indicators refer to sex, and the terms are used interchangeably when stating required data disaggregations. Therefore, we thought it would be useful to clarify our position around sex and gender data, in relation to SDGs.
The content of the article was developed with input from the Government Equalities Office, to align with a cross-government position. The definitions used within the article were discussed with, and agreed by, the Government Equalities Office when the article was produced in February 2019.
The article includes references to publications and websites that provide more detailed explanations around the difference between sex and gender. The Office for National Statistics does not hold information on the scientific proof you asked for. However, separating sex and gender are important in social science research.
Birth certification requires that all babies are assigned a sex by their family, midwife or doctor at birth. The sex of the child is registered through a write-in response and is coded either male or female. In cases where the response is neither male nor female, the sex will be classified as indeterminate.
If you would like further information about SDG reporting, please do not hesitate to contact us at SustainableDevelopment@ons.gov.uk.