Which one do you view as more of a spectrum
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This should be interesting, for the CRTists race tends to be absolute but gender is on a spectrum.
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everyone does know that it was racists that enforced the "one drop" rule... right?
mongrels make the best dogs too
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A spectrum has two ends (and most people identify with male or female) whereas race does not have a polarity and people identify with a broad range of traits. In this sense Gender is more like a spectrum
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Even for people who don't believe in a gender binary for individuals, they still implicitly admit distinct traits as masculine and feminine. Race on the other hand is literally smooth gradients without clear polarities.
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I don't view gender as a spectrum on which someone is placed, but as a collection of attributes and behaviours that people can freely pick and choose.
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There isn't really a correct answer here..
The idea of a spectrum negates any ability to compare them.
The only reason to define something a spectrum, is that it has an immeasurable quantity of outcomes.
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I see Gender more as an spectrum because it works on a binary axis, there is Male, Female, Intersex, Trans, that's it. Race on the other hand couldn't be described in a single line, we'd need many of them.
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