Also the distinctions between sex & gender are not going to go away. We've always had them but talked about them differently.
But ppl will still want to talk about things other than biological bodies. They'll want to talk abt what we call 'gender'
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Taking word away doesn't make the subject go away. Masculinity & femininity will still be central concepts in our own identity & attractions
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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And what IS the thing we call "gender"? I find I have no idea; and to the extent I do, nobody else has the same idea
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I think that's probably OK. If I say 'I feel more feminine in a dress; it doesn't matter if you have no idea what I mean by feminine.
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I suspect you do tho. And this is the point. Gender itself is not the problem. Politicising it & making truth claims about it is.
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You've been exceptionally clear about what YOU mean by "gender" - & even so I don't quite follow you. God help us all following each other
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It only becomes important when its politicised. Otherwise, we can just have descriptive conversations. How wld I say this w/out gender? 1/2
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So does "gender" mean "*typical* presentation of a biological trait"? (Are there 160 of them after all, including "mammally" and "teenage"?)
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It what you present. Its the stuff around biological sex which is not biological sex.It is nebulous but doesn't matter unless ppl make rules
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