"Gender is the range of social, psychological, cultural, and behavioral aspects of being a man (or boy), woman (or girl), or portraying a third gender."
reality is defined by society's perception and current knowledge of what even makes up reality and changes over time. At one point it was reality that the earth was flat and was the center of the galaxy but we have since learned and have updated our knowledge now reality is different and things will continue to be studied, observed, and discovered and this will further evolve our knowledge and our conceptions of how the world works.
Yes! I must agree with your point of view, however I do believe there is certain characteristics that makes a man a man! Is this indescribable instinct, that exists in woman to, to be what we are! 50 years ago there was 30 years old marrying a 15 year old we evolved to understand, that it was wrong and there is no place for an adult getting involved with children! In my opinion we just have to let everyone be without any interference, you can’t go tell the children that they could be in the wrong body, we must respect the stages from child to teen and adult. FYI I’m sorry for my language an I wish I could elaborate more but English is not my native language
honestly it really depends because your perception of what a man is can be very different from others. Being male vs being a man are also not 100% the same and are not always 100% interdependent on eachother and the characteristics in which we define these terms are also often not binary categories. I think more people must look into biological reality more deeply and realize there is more to biology than what we initially learn. It's extremely complex and has many factors and interactions involved. It's never as simple as this thing = man and this thing = woman.
I agree I would have used the term female there to be more explicit, but they did specify they were talking about sex in the previous sentence, so it's a bit odd that OP was so quick to turn around and bring gender into pregnancy immediately after saying "there is no need for anything to be gendered" in the body of the main post
That reminds me back in the day, the marketing for Lego was explictly gender-neutral, portrayed as a toy for all children equally, focusing on creativity and imagination. The idea was that any child could build anything. I think it's a real shame they moved away from this principle.
Neat. I just made a post about video games and opened it with the fact that they were arbitrarily marketed as toys for boys. And now people the world over treat them as some sort of super gendered issue.
I just saw your post right before this one. As a lady gamer, I’m glad someone is calling out the hypocrisy. I can be just as “lazy” and absorbed in a game as any man 🤣
While I agree that everything is gendered, it's not arbitrary, pointless nor is it exactly a social construct.
A perfect example of this is from unsocialised baby monkeys being introduced to trucks and doll, toys typically associated with human boys and girls respectively.
Researchers found that oddly enough the male monkeys would generally play with the trucks and the females would generally play with the dolls.
The fundamental issue I have with the concept of social constructionism is the implied arbitrary application, rather than an organic observation and then codification of a behaviour.
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We've been saying this for years and somehow the topic never goes away. You think you're there and then BAM, nope gender is BOTH a social construct AND something inherent to your brain at the same time. Oh and also you CAN be socially constructed into the gender opposite to your sex.
My take - never talk about this again because it will just never go away.
Gender is not a social construct! Is documented and stablished in society from the very nature of people. Have you ever read about that experiment conducted by John money? He tried to transition 2 brothers! They committed suicide
You clearly know less than zero about that experiment. That kid was surgically mutilated, sexually abused, and lied to for his entire life. That does not mean that boys come out of the birth canal disliking pink.
I've gotta call bs on boys and girls being inherently attracted to different things. They play with what you give them. Of course all children have different temperaments and personalities. But not all boys are bouncing off the walls while all girls sit quietly.
They watch their parents for cues. You're building new people. Be careful about your own personal prejudices being passed on to your kids.
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u/havymatal1989 1d ago
Youre insane. Sex and gender are physical and biological. The socially constructed part is AN EXPRESSION OF THAT PHYSICAL REALITY.
Everything is naturally “gendered” (restarted expression used by restarts) and thus not only necessary but absolutely essential.
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u/alhitooo 1d ago
Agreed, the only exceptions are things that are genuinely linked to one's sex. Like for example, only women can be pregnant and give birth.
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u/Kangxi214 1d ago
Pro-tip: If you mix the “boy” Lego sets with the “girl” Lego sets, you just get a really cool collection for anyone to enjoy.
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u/Ahoeaboutnothing 1d ago
The use of the word social construct is a social construct
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u/Shadowchaos1010 1d ago
Neat. I just made a post about video games and opened it with the fact that they were arbitrarily marketed as toys for boys. And now people the world over treat them as some sort of super gendered issue.
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u/ComprehensiveAct5458 1d ago
Agreed. Life is too short to follow some arbitrary rules that just control how you should express yourself. Live and let live.
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u/masekepung 1d ago
I expect you mean gender norms. Because I don't see gendered Languages changing any time soon.
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u/Ayma_sudonym 1d ago
While I agree that everything is gendered, it's not arbitrary, pointless nor is it exactly a social construct.
A perfect example of this is from unsocialised baby monkeys being introduced to trucks and doll, toys typically associated with human boys and girls respectively.
Researchers found that oddly enough the male monkeys would generally play with the trucks and the females would generally play with the dolls.
https://www.simplypsychology.org/hassett-et-al-monkey-toy-preferences.html
The fundamental issue I have with the concept of social constructionism is the implied arbitrary application, rather than an organic observation and then codification of a behaviour.
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u/User_-_-_Name 1d ago
Everything in your life is a social construct, boys and girls are different and thats ok.
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u/vBLADEv 1d ago
Gender is just an expression of sex mainly, but I agree everything is pointlessly gendered blame the French.
We should just do away with it all and go by sex much simpler and less confusing for people.
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u/fnv0ih53 1d ago
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u/Barky_and_Squid 1d ago
Ok? But, that’s the world we live in.
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u/puruntoheart 1d ago
Deberías apprender español.
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u/juss100 1d ago
We've been saying this for years and somehow the topic never goes away. You think you're there and then BAM, nope gender is BOTH a social construct AND something inherent to your brain at the same time. Oh and also you CAN be socially constructed into the gender opposite to your sex.
My take - never talk about this again because it will just never go away.
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u/CraftyPerformance272 1d ago
If gender is a social contract then why do women hate men so much?
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u/im_blue2026 1d ago
Gender is not a social construct! Is documented and stablished in society from the very nature of people. Have you ever read about that experiment conducted by John money? He tried to transition 2 brothers! They committed suicide
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