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[–]Anna_Nym 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think whether gender can ever truly be abolished depends on the question of how much of gender-based preferences are truly innate versus culturally determined. I don't know the answer. But if there are sex-linked differences, I think gender will always be with us in some form because humans observe and generalize. I know of no examples of cultures that have managed to eradicate all subtle pressures to conform to the general expectation for one's greater identity group.

However, I do think those pressures can be reduced or heightened. I believe we were making great strides to reduce those pressures for both women and men prior to the Tumblr microidentity explosion. I think we are seeing a huge step back.

I wouldn't be on this site if I believed contemporary gender ideology was working as it markets itself. I wish NB people had a good strategy because then I could simply change my pronouns and opt out of sex-based oppression. But it's a fantasy based on the transgender and transhumanist wish (in some cases, delusion) that sexed bodies aren't real. Sexed bodies are real, however. I can call myself agender, but anyone who looks at me knows that I am a woman.

[–]moody_ape[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think gender will always be with us in some form because humans observe and generalize

THIS! we wear clothes and we come in all shapes and sizes. we don't have access to people's genitalia to identify their sex, but we can observe other features. in that sense, i think gender can be useful (specially for dating). we categorize and i honestly think it's impossible not to do so... that makes me think that gender will never ever be abolished.