Ha! No, you're right! That's the first thing a person pays attention to. What I meant is that, in the context of the discussion about someone who let's say is ambiguous about what sex or gender he really is (say, a hermaphrodite), then in that case, if I tell you that Sam is attracted to girls, you will assume that Sam's gender is of a man. That's what would happen if a doctor saw Sam was a hermaphrodite and was trying to advise the parents regarding which sex to raise him as. Many doctors, uninformed (I actually encountered this in the literature!) would just ask Sam who he's attracted to, and if he said "women", they'd give him androgens to make him more male. But, in fact, Sam could be a female who is attracted to other females, like a gay woman who enjoys being a woman.
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