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> Most people don’t go around thinking “I do X so that means I must be B gender.” It’s not completely wild if you recognize that genders are socially-construct
by jl6 5y ago
> Most people don’t go around thinking “I do X so that means I must be B gender.”
It’s not completely wild if you recognize that genders are socially-constructed categories consisting of a set of behaviors (stereotypes). If you behave in those ways you could reasonably declare yourself to be that gender. This also requires you to recognise that sex is a completely different thing to gender - that is not socially constructed and you can’t declare yourself to be one of the sexes based on behavior or feelings.
- kaoD 5y agoIsn't that his point? That it's applying a western social construct to explain a non-western social phenomenon. Remember: considering that gender is a social construct is also a social construct. It's social constructs all the way down.