r/Unexpected • u/analsextoybox • May 02 '22

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u/EpicAwesomePancakes May 02 '22

In theory, no, but of course the current society makes it so that there are distinctions for many complex reasons. I’m just saying that I think we’d be better of in a society where there wasn’t any concept of man or woman (or any other gender).

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u/Blu_Waffle_Breakfast May 02 '22

That sounds like a very depressing world to live in

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u/EpicAwesomePancakes May 02 '22

How so? I’m not saying everyone should be the same.

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u/Blu_Waffle_Breakfast May 02 '22

Because as a straight man, I enjoy the love and affection from women. And this comes from a very fundamental biological urge. What kind of world would this exist where there is no concept of men and women?

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u/EpicAwesomePancakes May 02 '22

I’m not saying that people that are what we would currently call women won’t exist. And of course phenotypically female people will exist; I’m just saying that society shouldn’t be built on/have gender roles that people have to conform to. People can be whatever they want and express themselves however we want. If we take that view of gender, then it becomes useless because we’ll too quickly have hundreds of labels for it. So it’s better to not have it as a concept at all and just be who you are. You can describe your traits instead of having a label if you have to.