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
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When discussing gender for political or legal reasons, you do need to define exactly what you're talking about. Get a motte & bailey thing.
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Where someone says 'It's just social constructs like pink for girls & blue for boys' then 10 mins later including psychological differences.
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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.
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It's not always biological sex we want to talk about. Sometimes it is personal & cultural concepts of masculinity & femininity.
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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.
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The author distinguishes between biology & feelings & I agree that's important but point out that both are vitally important to humans.
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Sometimes we want to discuss pure biological realities & sometimes feelings & perceptions.that we biological organisms really experience.
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And yes, the fact that I research how people have understood femininity & womanhood & gender roles historically does underlie this.
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Female biological characteristics haven't changed since 1300 but concepts of womanhood & femininity & gender roles have repeatedly.
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Many consistencies remain & evo psych best tool for understanding this but it's the cultural & historical differences that interest me.
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That interest me more. I argued for the importance of using evo psych so we can better tell what is historically & culturally contingent.
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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.
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