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Presumably it’s about the fact that the gender one identifies with can differ from their biological sex (e.g., a person born as male may identify as female). O
by strogonoff 6y ago
Presumably it’s about the fact that the gender one identifies with can differ from their biological sex (e.g., a person born as male may identify as female).
On one hand, an argument can be made that the freedom to identify with a gender different from one’s biological sex enables individuals to live more fulfilled lives that are not defined by gender stereotypes they’d otherwise be forced to live within.
On the other hand, an argument can be made that the distinction between gender identity and biological sex actually strengthens gender stereotypes and potentially hurts equality (e.g., women were historically supposed to be soft and pretty and under-achieving, so a female who doesn’t want to fit that stereotype would feel pressured to identify as a male rather than be her own unique person), and that there’s no clear consensus regarding a self-sufficient definition of what a gender is that doesn’t recursively involve biological sex.