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| ReturnOfFa 08/08/22 12:13:59 PM #53: | SKARDAVNELNATE posted... I understood things a lot better when Sex and Gender where synonyms. When it was okay to be a non-stereotypical representation of one of them without it making you the other one. But if using Male/Female to refer to biology and using Man/Woman to refer to how someone fits into society helps us to understand each other in discussing these things then let's be consistent about it. Personally I don't like it because I think that reinforces sterotypes and I thought as a society we had decided stereotypes were bad.sex and gender have never been synonyms it has always been ok to non-stereotypically represent a gender without making you it, and still is the bolded sentence seems like a you problem it doesn't reinforce stereotypes to identify as a man, a woman, or as nonbinary. some people are gender-conforming, some aren't. that's like saying that being a doctor reinforces stereotypes about doctors. or an extremely stereotypical dentist will force other dentists to be stereotypical. nah. someone being a certain identity doesn't have to undermine the identities of others. --- girls like my fa ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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