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A category's a category if distinct items are in it. I think you are going for a more specific word than "a category." Perhaps, "social role that exists in the
by whatshisface 5y ago
A category's a category if distinct items are in it. I think you are going for a more specific word than "a category." Perhaps, "social role that exists in the experience of most people?" That sounds like a good description of the two genders thing.
- slumdev 5y agoThere are two human sexes. Carrying a child in a uterus is not a social construct.
- whatshisface 5y agoI think you gave a great example of how it's fuzzy at the boundaries, because infertile women are still women. I'm not saying this whole gender thing is made up, any alien would notice gender if they landed in central park, just that you can't get too metaphysical about it.
- slumdev 5y agoYour example illustrates the point perfectly, though. Infertility in someone who is of childbearing age is a problem. A bug, not a feature. Intersex conditions are similar. They don't diminish that person's dignity as a human, but the condition is unfortunate and anomalous.