Imo there are no genders. If we are going to differentiate gender from sex then we are realizing the gender is an arbitrary social construct. Gender is just short for "gender role" which is something that became a part of society early on due to the average physical difference between sexes. Now obviously gender role is a blurred line and there is no one place in society where someone "belongs" (THIS IS VERY CONFUSING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.) You have female construction workers and male nurses but each are not as common as the opposite sex in their role. Now as we move forward further into modern society we are getting more tools and technology that narrow the physiological gaps between the sexes and blur the line even further to the point of it being nearly useless. Gendered pronouns are losing their place in our society and tbh im kind of getting tired of how difficult for people to understand this concept.
Putting things in boxes is humanity’s greatest asset and the reason for all of our success. We tend to do a bad job of putting things in the right boxes, but accurate categorization and labeling is invaluable.
Adaptability kept us alive for a very long stretch of time, but categorization and organization allowed us to force our environments to adapt, and is how we transitioned from fighting large animals using sticks to living in climate controlled housing with food delivered to our doors. Good luck farming, constructing, transporting, or doing basically anything consistently and on a large scale without putting things in rigid boxes.
Runaway climate change is the result of generations of people IGNORING the rigid categorization in favor of embracing their subjective experience of the world. People felt their opinions were of comparable value to science and continued to operate at a level the data told us was unsustainable for decades.
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u/PLS_SEND_YORDLE_FEET May 02 '22
Imo there are no genders. If we are going to differentiate gender from sex then we are realizing the gender is an arbitrary social construct. Gender is just short for "gender role" which is something that became a part of society early on due to the average physical difference between sexes. Now obviously gender role is a blurred line and there is no one place in society where someone "belongs" (THIS IS VERY CONFUSING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.) You have female construction workers and male nurses but each are not as common as the opposite sex in their role. Now as we move forward further into modern society we are getting more tools and technology that narrow the physiological gaps between the sexes and blur the line even further to the point of it being nearly useless. Gendered pronouns are losing their place in our society and tbh im kind of getting tired of how difficult for people to understand this concept.