24 ms·
I must be misunderstanding you, because it looks like you're saying refusing to conform to gender roles makes us more robotic. Which would be ridiculous, so you
by mkr-hn 12y ago
I must be misunderstanding you, because it looks like you're saying refusing to conform to gender roles makes us more robotic. Which would be ridiculous, so you probably don't mean that.
- mahouse 12y agoYou are understanding me well. I think gender roles are a very important part of what makes us human. (Or animalic.)
- FLGMwt 12y agoGender identity and agency are a different than prescribed gender roles.
- JoshTriplett 12y agoAll of which is separate from "what kind of toys do you like to play with".
- pauleastlund 12y agoI get what you're saying, but there is a vast gulf between: - gender is not just a social construct, men and women in aggregate don't have the exact same strengths, and that diversity is beautiful rather than something we need to suppress and - boys should play football and girls should play with dolls and wear frilly dresses I think people who agree with the former, but not the latter, should overall feel good about Amazon not gratuitously dividing all sorts of categories of toys into "his" and "hers."
- baddox 12y ago> should Amazons categorization probably does not imply a normative belief. I doubt Amazon cares if you order an Iron Man toy for a female.
- chc 12y agoI can't see how you'd interpret "Boys' Toys" and "Girls' Toys" in a non-normative way (unless we're talking about the set of toys that are actually in the possession of those groups right now, which is plainly not the case here). Surely the meaning is something like "Toys that it is normal for boys to play with."
- baddox 12y agoSorry, I meant "normative" in the philosophical sense, as in normative ethics. My non-normative interpretation is "toys marketed to and widely considered to be intended primarily for boys" and "toys marketed to and widely considered to be intended primarily for girls."
- FLGMwt 12y agoYou. I like you.
- baddox 12y agoWould it be prudent for Amazon to also remove or hide the gender categories for clothing?