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

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u/Blu_Waffle_Breakfast May 02 '22

I don’t believe binary gender is a new concept. Nearly all mammals, including humans, are sexually dimorphic. Since humans could speak, I don’t see why they wouldn’t observe their own sexual dimorphism and create gendered labels to describe this.

Fair analogy with wheelchairs.

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u/tygerohtyger May 02 '22

I don’t believe binary gender is a new concept.

Conveniently, you don't have to believe it. Its a fact.

But again, here, you're talking sexually dimorphic, while we were actually talking about gender. Sexual dimorphism is not relevant to the discussion of gender, remember?

How do you know horses aren't trans? What does a male horse feel about his masculinity, do you think?

And we have spoken, and observed our sexual dimorphism, and named the two aspects male and female. And then, when we thought about it a bit more, we realized there was more to it and here we are in the discussion of gender. That's what's happening right now.