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You can, but it's not an exact science. Any responsible anthropologist calls it a sex estimate because it's not a sure thing. Broadly speaking biologically male skeletons tend to be more robust than biologically female skeletons but there are plenty of exceptions to this "rule".
Edit: ideally you'd also be using other methods for sex estimation and comparing all your results. It's still just an estimate if course because there's plenty of room for interpretation of skeletal remains. Plus obviously biological sex ≠ gender but that should go without saying