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10/21/2013 5:35:03 PM
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Should the idea of genders be abolished?
Now before you start, gender and sex are different. Sex is purely biological, gender is all social.
Gender is causing issues in places like China and India. Why? Because Gender and "Gender roles" are causing males to be massively preferred. (A gender role, if you are unaware, is like what it says, roles assigned to each gender. People who are born as a guy are male and must do A, B and C, people born as a woman are female and must do X,Y and Z) This is causing population issues in these countries.
Now sure we can argue to give gender equality, which would be a good thing sure, but there's also the idea of "womens clothing" "mens clothing", "mans hair" "female hair" "female makeup only" and very similar ideas to these.
Now if we want a truly free society, why are people with XY essentially forced to fit societies idea of a male and XX are essentially forced to fit with societies idea of a female. Wouldn't it be better if we let people be who they want to be without being mocked by society?
And this is a fairly new idea, to me, that I've been thinking about. Infact not many people agree so I better prepare myself for the flames.
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[quote][quote]gender |ˈjendər| noun 2 the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to [u][b]social and cultural differences rather than biological ones[/b][/u]) : traditional concepts of gender | [as adj. ] gender roles.[/quote] [quote]sex |seks| 2 either of the two main categories (male and female) into which humans and most other living things are divided on the basis of their reproductive functions : adults of both sexes. • the fact of belonging to one of these categories : direct discrimination involves treating someone less favorably on the grounds of their sex. • the group of all members of either of these categories : she was well known for her efforts to improve the social condition of her sex.[/quote] There is a difference between sex and gender. Sex is biological, as in, a penis and a vagina. Gender is based off of culture and social differences.[/quote] I decided to post this on the original thread, both of these definitions I got from Webster-Merriam. Hell, I could go for the Oxford Dictionary. [url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/gender?q=gender]Gender, as defined by the Oxford Dictionary of English[/url]. [url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/sex?q=sex]Sex, as defined by the Oxford Dictionary of English, the second definition, not the sexual intercourse one.[/url]
