I don't think gender being a nebulous & subjective concept matters much unless you're trying to make it anything else & make rules about it. https://twitter.com/YeyoZa/status/861868125435854849 …
-
-
If I say women *should* wear feminine clothes, I shld then be expected to both justify this & define both 'women' & 'feminine.'
-
Two of my friends are attracted to what they call 'feminine' men, the rest to what they call 'masculine' men. We know what each other mean.
-
We could still disagree on specifics. "He seems a bit feminine to me." Really?! I don't think so." That's fine too.
-
I shld be able to use gender terms - masculine, feminine - as descriptors w/out being required to plot my meaning on a graph or bell curve.
-
(Yes, I have been asked to do that.) I'd say that if you don't understand what is meant by the terms or differ, it doesn't matter.
-
What matters is when 'gender' is used as the basis for some kind of rule or requirement & not as a subjective concept its OK to differ about
-
When discussing gender for political or legal reasons, you do need to define exactly what you're talking about. Get a motte & bailey thing.
-
Where someone says 'It's just social constructs like pink for girls & blue for boys' then 10 mins later including psychological differences.
-
My point is that whilst I understand ppl's frustration with the nebulous concept of gender, lets not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
-
It's not always biological sex we want to talk about. Sometimes it is personal & cultural concepts of masculinity & femininity.
-
And I completely agree that it's essential not to confuse the two & that people do this a lot for ideological reasons & it's a problem.
-
The author distinguishes between biology & feelings & I agree that's important but point out that both are vitally important to humans.
-
Sometimes we want to discuss pure biological realities & sometimes feelings & perceptions.that we biological organisms really experience.
-
And yes, the fact that I research how people have understood femininity & womanhood & gender roles historically does underlie this.
-
Female biological characteristics haven't changed since 1300 but concepts of womanhood & femininity & gender roles have repeatedly.
-
Many consistencies remain & evo psych best tool for understanding this but it's the cultural & historical differences that interest me.
-
That interest me more. I argued for the importance of using evo psych so we can better tell what is historically & culturally contingent.
-
Here: https://areomagazine.com/2017/01/19/evolutionary-psychology-in-the-humanities-shakespeares-othello/ … I'm primarily interested in the different ways humans have made sense of things, particularly sex & gender.
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.