The linguistic debate isn't for women to settle, but for all of society. All English-speakers know what we mean by "man" and "woman", "boy" and "girl". Note that no one has a problem identifying newborns as "boys" or "girls", based on biological facts.
I don't think we disagree on that, do we? Except that biology also seems to underlie trans identity.
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Yes, but that isn't the aspect of biology commonly used to categorise people as men or women.
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No, it is still a biological reality though. It's not going away and if we want to understand what constitutes gender identity, it helps to understand the science, even though it is scant & inconclusive right now. We all know people haven't commonly done this or been able to.
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I agree on the need for study on the question of subjective sense of gender, but to call this gender identity is to redefine gender identity.
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Gender identity is assigned by society on the basis of sex, as in "It's a boy!" when a male is born.
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Yes, we know that. We also trans people exist and the science explaining why is rapidly mounting. It won't go away if we say 'This isn't how we've always done this.'
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Absolutely - I don't expect gender dysphoria to just go away. But I don't think it a solution to make gender meaningless, or to view the traditional meaning of gendered terms human rights offences.
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Me neither.
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