Also the distinctions between sex & gender are not going to go away. We've always had them but talked about them differently.
Yes. And we can talk about the difference between the biological fact of being a mother & the presentation of motherliness.
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Sex and gender are the same except much more essential and of interest because we are a sexually reproducing species.
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History is full of stuff about how to man and woman properly. Who is very manly or unwomanly. This stuff is meaningful to us.
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We can, and I think we can do so better without a separate word for the latter kind of thing.
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If you got rid of the word 'motherly', the reality wouldn't change. You'd just need more words to describe what you mean.
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I don't want to get rid of "motherly" (or any of those other adjectives). I want to get rid of "gender" (as currently used)
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You'd still just need more words to describe what you mean. Concepts of femininity & masculinity will still exist & be important.
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"Gender" essentially means "kind". There are two sexes; well and good. But there are infinitely many kinds - and worse, many kinds of kinds
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You don't have to talk about gender if you don't want to.
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