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.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
(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.
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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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I think you make a logical error here. By separating feelings from biology, you resurrect the erroneous "Ghost in the Machine".
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I don't separate them. Without biology, we have no feelings.
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