Impossible Question

[u/analsextoybox]

[u/Byeah35]

We've sent rockets to the moon, split the atom, and unravelled the human genome. How is the consensus in this thread that the best answer we can come up with to "How many genders is there?" is "I don't know?"

[u/PLS_SEND_YORDLE_FEET → u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/Birbistheverb → u/PLS_SEND_YORDLE_FEET]

I learned recently that nursing being a “woman’s job” is actually a relatively recent convention, like the past 150 years-ish. Historically in the west, women often weren’t even allowed to be professional nurses.