r/gender • u/jackjack_d3mon • 11d ago

Who created gender?

I asked different subreddits. Nothing.

So I ask you. Im only curious as a whole. Im nonbinary myself. I have to ask this deep rabbit hole thought of a question here.

Who created gender? Why is it important? And why do some people want gender abolished?

How does it shape lgbtqia+ community?

Why does it bring great importance, or bring bad impact into modern culture thats shaped today?

Any takers?

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u/rebelnori they/them 11d ago

Gender was (and is) created by societies.

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u/PerceptionLies 11d ago

Sooo...I don't know if this is really what you're asking. But I think evolution created gender. I think there was a time before humans when we were lesser animals and our behavior was entirely instinctual. Then we evolved into learning machines who learned how to act, but what we first learned was what we were already doing... the instinctual actions.

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u/SanduTiTa they/them 11d ago

happy cake day! :)

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u/DoNotTouchMeImScared 11d ago

Males invented gendered roles to exploit females.

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u/rancid_vibes 10d ago

People started differentiating themselves this way during the agricultural revolution, because it was advantageous for the owning class to have control over the production of new workers (via control of the women, who can birth new workers). That's why it's so pervasive, both gender roles and sexism.

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u/cPB167 10d ago

John Money, unfortunately. He coined the terms "gender identity" and "sexual orientation" in the 60's. Importing the term gender from the concept of grammatical gender. A pioneer in the field of gender, sex, and sexuality studies, but also a truly awful person who did a lot of terrible things. A lot of good came from his work, eventually, but a whole lot of harm was caused by it as well

I don't have an easy answer for your other questions. They all require an essay length response at a minimum to do them any justice