No wonder that Nietzsche is experiencing a surprising revival in these circles. Race, class, gender . The mantra deserves a bit of deconstruction. As far as one knows, all human beings who have lived in historically recorded times have been of the same species, as are all human beings living today. The very term reveals the ideological agenda.
Grammatical gender is freely variable.
Comparative anthropological studies do show that the social roles assigned to the two sexes are variable to some extent. The notion, though, that these role assignments are sovereignly free of all biological determinants is almost certainly an illusion. And that is a concept that does indeed clarify certain social realities, though not exactly in the sense intended by those who chant the mantra. The term is universally applicable. Wealthy individuals may not be powerful, powerful ones may be quite poor, and status may be based on characteristics unrelated to either wealth or power.