Anyone else have an irrational dislike of all this 'gender is a false construct' talk?
It's been really bothering me recently. Not so much the discussions themselves, rather why I get so irritated in the first place?
I wonder if it's because rejecting gender in some way feels like rejecting the concept of femininity, by that I mean feeling like a woman in the 'traditional' sense of the word.
I'm struggling not to associate it with the idea that we are letting the side down somehow, fighting for women's equality and then turning around and distancing ourselves from what makes us women.
I absolutely believe and agree that how an individual chooses to identify themselves is no ones business except themselves, but it feels like we are throwing the baby out with the bath water somewhat.
Can we be female, be women, be proud of what makes us women and still reject the concept of gender?
I'd love it if someone could help me make peace with this, although I accept that as usual I'm writing far too late in the evening and this is after all, only my problem, no one else's.
Does anyone else feel the same?