− | In Greek, male biology and masculine grammatical inflection are denoted by ''arsenikos'' ({{Polytonic|αρσενικός}}), in distinction to sociological masculinity, which is denoted by ''andrikos'' (ανδρικός). Likewise, female biology and feminine grammatical inflection are denoted by ''thēlukos'' θηλυκός; and sociological femininity is denoted by ''gunaikeios'' γυναικείος, compare English gynaecology. This distinction is at least as old as Aristotle (see above). It is a different distinction to English, where 'male' and 'female' refer to animals as well as humans, but not to grammatical categories; however, 'masculine' and 'feminine' refer to grammatical categories as well as humans, but not properly to animals, except as anthropomorphism. | + | In Greek, male biology and masculine grammatical inflection are denoted by ''arsenikos'' (αρσενικός), in distinction to sociological masculinity, which is denoted by ''andrikos'' (ανδρικός). Likewise, female biology and feminine grammatical inflection are denoted by ''thēlukos'' θηλυκός; and sociological femininity is denoted by ''gunaikeios'' γυναικείος, compare English gynaecology. This distinction is at least as old as Aristotle (see above). It is a different distinction to English, where 'male' and 'female' refer to animals as well as humans, but not to grammatical categories; however, 'masculine' and 'feminine' refer to grammatical categories as well as humans, but not properly to animals, except as anthropomorphism. |