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Just a gay guy tired of being told what I'm allowed to believe. by anarchy753 in Introductions

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

Exactly. Changing your gender to "reflect your identity" reinforces gender-based limitations and expectations. It's regressive. Just wear what you want, do what you want, and acknowledge physical reality like an adult.

Just a gay guy tired of being told what I'm allowed to believe. by anarchy753 in Introductions

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

Sex isn't "assigned", but gender is.

Gender is a socially generated set of expectations and limitations assigned to people by society according to their sex. It includes things like words (him/her), stereotypes (be a nurse, not a doctor), and inequalities (make X% less money as a woman).

Sex is a biological reality. Your sex is medical information. Some people are kind of in between, but the vast majority of people are clearly either male or female.

So your gender is... maybe a bit malleable. A man can try to adhere to a woman's gender expectations and limitations, and he can have surgery to look more female, but he'll still be a man even if he "passes", and he'll reinforce bullshit gender stereotypes for everyone. He also won't escape any limitations of gender, he'll just swap one set for another- but only partly, because studies show that men who transition maintain much of their male privilege.

Again: Sex is medical. Gender is social.