There aren't two genders. This is wrong. There are infinite genders. There are two sexes

submitted by dontbuyanylogos from self.therearetwogenders

I actually agree with the radical feminists. Gender really is a social construct. It's literally a pantomime that we used to play out more obviously when gender roles were more defined and less culturally unacceptable. However, this doesn't make it any less real. Money is a social construct. Law is a society construct. Society is a social construct! Without society you would be an ego-less raging ball of emotions and drives. You would be a monster with no fixed identity, roaming around the world like an animal.

Society is a complete fiction and gender (the way we act, according to our sex and our sexuality) is a part of that fiction. It's fictional, of course, but society is a fiction that we all take part in.

Sex, on the other hand, is biological and you are either a male, female or hermaphrodite.

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[–]jet199 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I saw a survey recently asking what people understood about the meaning of the word "gender" and over 80% of people said they saw and use it as a synonym for "sex", nothing more. The idea of gender as either a social construct or an internal identity are jargon usages from various academic theories and not general usage. If you only want to be able to converse with rad fems or trans people then keep repeating "sex not gender" but if you want to be able to talk to normal people about this suff you need to be less dogmatic.

[–]BiHorror 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

about the meaning of the word "gender" and over 80% of people said they saw and use it as a synonym for "sex", nothing more

It's still considered a neologism.

[–]oofreesouloo 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Gender =/= gender roles. I don't know why you and radical feminists insist on calling gender as if it was a synonym for gender roles. Gender, before this TQ+ gender ideology, was considered a synonym for SEX and used interchangeably. You mean gender roles.

[–]dontbuyanylogos[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

if you agree that gender roles are a social construct then we agree but we just disagree on the terms

[–]BiHorror 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not even "gender roles," but sex roles and sex stereotypes. Like, i get it but from all the people they could've built their stuff on... It had to be John Money? The discredited pedo who literally based his works off an child abusing experiment that failed for obvious reasons???

I'm at the point where we just drop the word altogether. It has become too corrupted. Gender roles? Gender stereotypes? Gender equality? Just replace all with sex. It's more to the point, in your face (tras* face), and within context.

[–]Archie 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I kinda agree with you, but the whole concept of gender should disappear and the word should go back to being synonymous with sex.

[–]BiHorror 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't. Also, being a "hermaphrodite" isn't a sex. It's considered offensive too if you're referring to intersex/DSD. They're still male or female.