Well that’s quite a mental
Image! And I’m not challenging anyone’s right to self actualize - I certainly encourage it.
But it’s not that I’m hung up on gender stereotypes it’s just that I don’t see how there is any gender ‘experience’ without being based on sexually stereotypes. Please just explain any such gender experience or characteristic.
Well I agree that feelings of bigotry don’t get protection just because they’re feeling. But it’s an interesting point, no? What you ir I might feel is right or wrong is different than what other people might feel is right or wrong. Even if there was some sort of definitive right and wrong, people’s feelings are what they feel. Thinking your feelings should be protected, but other’s shouldn’t seems a little hypocritical.
But I digress, what I’m really interested in is what things you think are gender characteristics (that aren’t stereotypes, and aren’t used to make judgments or enforce unfair rules).
To play devils advocate: Do you think we should invalidate people’s feelings of hate toward trans folk?
Regardless, your first two points seems to conflict. The social construct of gender is based on stereotypes. How can there be any notion of a particular gender unless there are characteristics attributed to it? And any generalization based on such assumptions is sexist by definition.
I agree that some people just feel they are what they are and that’s totally cool. Power to ya! But it is interesting to see the echos of conservatism hiding in these ‘progressive’ ideals, whether people want to admit it or not.
Well that’s completely wrong then. You are therefore wrong about masculinity meaning confidence . You agree?
So women can’t be confident in themselves without being masculine?
Right. And I’ve always viewed the notion of trans as weirdly social conservatism - because it seems to buy into sexism. I would think a fight against gender stereotypes would be better than a fight to be able to use flexible labels to fit in gender stereotypes. But I guess it amounts to the same thing.
Cool. But then isn’t the fight for trans rights sort of the wrong fight? Why not fight directly against all gender stereotypes and inequalities? Which as a progressive 80’s kid, was what I’ve fought for all my life. Dress and act how you like and it shouldn’t have anything to do with what’s between your legs at birth.
If anything can be masculine, then what does it mean to be masculine? I’m all for call yourself whatever you want, be how you want to be; but a certain logical consistency would be nice. If there are no differences between genders, that’s great, but then what’s the meaning of being trans or not?
And the proof is that his ear isn’t scarred from the bullet hitting the real Trump.
In this case if ‘Trump’ starts talking in coherent sentences, we’ll know he’s been replaced.
By your definition, there have never been any genocides. Jewish people still exist.
Peak efficiency there.
But use 2147483647 to be safe.