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Interesting, doesn't that Lia Thomas photo [1] make you laugh (or make you angry if you care about college swimming)? [2] > To me the two are completely divorc
by cato_the_elder 4y ago
Interesting, doesn't that Lia Thomas photo [1] make you laugh (or make you angry if you care about college swimming)? [2]
> To me the two are completely divorced from each other.
Some of it certainly could be. But insisting that it's all just a social construct makes it hard to explain things which are prevalent and similar across different cultures. (e.g. females growing their hair, or them being generally "cleaner", or intonation differences, etc.)
Or even more broadly, the fact that males and females of different cultures can be attracted to each other, even though the exact gender expressions might be different.
[1]: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOHlDIxWQAAaJwX?format=jpg&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOHlDIxWQAAaJwX?format=jpg&name=...
[2]: It certainly does for many people, to the extent that the scene could come from a South Park episode: https://www.vgr.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2022_03/FB_IMG_1647639884189.jpg.196955d15662d93e6c5e4f79e469d3b7.jpg https://www.vgr.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2022_03/FB_IMG_164...
- mikkergp 4y agoI can observe that Gender is one of the strongest social constructs that we have. But I think most of the ideas around them; Men shouldn’t cry, women are better caretakers; are not inherent, they’re a function of inertia. You can probably find more examples of people who don’t fit the mold in one way or the other than people who do. Also, women not being “woman enough” for sports has been an issue prior to the idea of transition. See Surya Bonaly and Caster Semenya