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

I never SAID gender is a social construct, did I?

👀 uh yeah, you're calling it a learned behavior. That's saying it's a social construct.

Infants are bombarded with gender roles the second they enter the world, you really think that doesn't do a number on them?

Here again, you're considering gender a social construct and what gender roles are forced on them? Some kids might still get the blue/pink cowboy/princess treatment but that's hardly universal these days.

Some parents go to lengths to give their kids gender neutral experiences, and the boys still act like boys and the girls still girls.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That's not what gender is, now you sound like a TRA yourself. You learn how to behave as a male or female in society, not to be a male or female.

Some kids might still get the blue/pink cowboy/princess treatment but that's hardly universal these days.

95% of parents still do that. And even if the parents don't, society does it for them.

There are certain things that come naturally like sexuality and body mapping. But that's nowhere near enough to be able to tell some anonymous user's gender. People think there are no girls on the internet when there are actually quite a lot, precisely because they act normal and not like Barbie.

[–]Musky 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's not what gender is

I don't subscribe to the redefinition of gender at all if that's what you mean. Sex and gender mean the same thing.

But that's nowhere near enough to be able to tell some anonymous user's gender.

I can usually tell. Men and women think differently and care about different things and it shows in the way they write and what they write about.

People think there are no girls on the internet when there are actually quite a lot

That's partly a meme. It used to be considered incredibly uncool to use the internet, computers were not widely available to the general public, internet access was expensive (charged by the minute!), and it was a bit technical. There didn't used to be hardly any women at all, it was the realm of geeks who are, or at least were, generally male.

But even today, the % of women in online spaces can be low depending on where you are, and women seem more likely to lurk. Some places are chock full of women, some are still practically devoid.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't subscribe to the redefinition of gender at all if that's what you mean. Sex and gender mean the same thing.

When did I EVER deny that? STOP making baseless assumptions about what I believe simply because TRAs told you so.

I can usually tell. Men and women think differently and care about different things and it shows in the way they write and what they write about.

Well everyone thought reddit had no women, but it turns out like half of them are (and no they're not all troons). You say they "think differently" but can't seem explain how.

was the realm of geeks who are, or at least were, generally male

That's basically the same thing as autism rates, which does predominantly affect males for genetic reasons, but regardless something like 1 in 4 spergs are female. Don't act like girls like Velma from Scooby Doo don't exist.