Sherman123
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Gender is a social construct and there have been more than two genders in many cultures in the world. How gender is defined is a moving target as well. Sex is a male or female. Gender is about your social expression of how you express that sex. Masculine and Feminine are defined by the culture you are in as well as having them linked to physical sex in many cases. But for some cultures a third way of being that crosses lines or blends more of the two to create something new. Ancient Rome, Native American and Indian Hindu cultures all have a third gender or more. This is not new at all.
I accept anyone's self-identification (within reason) but I've never been comfortable with the notion that gender is a social construct. Gender as colloquially used and understood overwhelmingly refers to sex, which is emphatically not a social construct. When people talk about a 'third gender' what they are invariably talking about how people of a particular sex express themselves sexually, personally, and in wider society. This can manifest itself in innumerable ways including the obvious example of the trans-community. But other genders? I've always thought that was a bridge too far and that it muddles the biological waters for political purposes.
I accept anyone's self-identification (within reason) but I've never been comfortable with the notion that gender is a social construct. Gender as colloquially used and understood overwhelmingly refers to sex, which is emphatically not a social construct. When people talk about a 'third gender' what they are invariably talking about how people of a particular sex express themselves sexually, personally, and in wider society. This can manifest itself in innumerable ways including the obvious example of the trans-community. But other genders? I've always thought that was a bridge too far and that it muddles the biological waters for political purposes.
It honestly doesn't matter what you believe, it is what is true historically. Gender is an invention of a society and it is differently defined in different cultures and changes within a culture over time. That is not a debatable point. The idea of "third gender" is a way of describing encounters with social constructs that are different from the western culture approach.
I didn't see the terms I use to describe these disgusting people on the list, oh well.
I don't even know what most of those terms mean
58 choices.....
So you just got off a long flight and REALLY need to use the restroom when appears before you a long hallway with 58 different signs....none of which seem to be "Men" or "Women".....
already pondering when the left wing will begin targeting/ostracizing anyone who defines gender as "man and woman ONLY." What name will they come up with....wait.........GENDERPHOBES!!! I love it. You all have my permission to use it when the time comes. your welcome
Look at your birth certificate. Does it say M or F? 2 genders, 2 options. This is nothing but hyper-wordy pandering. It's Facebook, Facebook is private and hardly some kind of serious thing, but it's just stupid to have 50+ "gender" choices.
I didn't see the terms I use to describe these disgusting people on the list, oh well.
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