User blog comment:Madkatmaximus/pronouns/@comment-4964341-20150107034521/@comment-5625448-20150107052731

I have this old dictionary (Complete and Unabridged Little and Ives Webster Dictionary, to be exact), from 1963. Its definition of gender clearly states that the only instances in which gender does not directly correspond to sex are purely grammatical and occur in languages like Latin, where a sword can be male.

So yes, it is true that society has twisted the meanings of words.