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Romulox28 posted...

Mal_Fet posted...

This is the point though. If the gender binary is a social construct, then so is the gender spectrum. And if there's no such thing as a rigid gender, then your gender is only a matter of your opinion. Other people, therefore, can decide for themselves what your gender is since they too can have opinions about gender.

At least paper money is backed up somewhat by the value of the commodity it was traded for.

Ok I see what you're getting at now. I would disagree with your stance that if something is not rigid and is socially constructed, then it's just an opinion. As someone else said, language is a social construct, but me believing that saying Como Estas is English is not an opinion.

Language is an even better example

Look at how often people argue over the definition of even very basic words like "violence". Apparently to some people, misgendering someone is an act of violence, but obviously not everyone agrees with that. But you can interpret "violence" to mean literally anything that causes a person distress. Same with gender; if I don't agree with you what your gender is, I can just decide what gender I consider you.
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