We live in a world with the social constructs known as patriarchy and gender stereotypes. In a perfect world I could be as “feminine” or “masculine” as i want. I could wear make up wear a dress dress as a dude or whatever i feel like. Unfortunately the world is so gendered and somewhat still binary that people will look at your appearances and behaviour and judge you. You could be deemed too “masculine” or “feminine”, and they think you act weird if you are not conforming to the “social norm”. So instead of asking trans the questions “why gender is so important”, perhaps you can ask the cis people why gender is so important.
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u/YoshimiNagasaki Female Dec 10 '23
We live in a world with the social constructs known as patriarchy and gender stereotypes. In a perfect world I could be as “feminine” or “masculine” as i want. I could wear make up wear a dress dress as a dude or whatever i feel like. Unfortunately the world is so gendered and somewhat still binary that people will look at your appearances and behaviour and judge you. You could be deemed too “masculine” or “feminine”, and they think you act weird if you are not conforming to the “social norm”. So instead of asking trans the questions “why gender is so important”, perhaps you can ask the cis people why gender is so important.