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Gender is a social construct?

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RedPanda901 · 14/03/2022 22:01

I'm so impressed by the women on this board and their knowledge of how the fight for women's rights has changed in recent years. I too struggle with this cancel culture of people with differing opinions. What ever happened to listening and respecting each other's outlook? What I'm trying to get clarification on is gender fluidity. So if someone says there's no such thing as gender; it's a social construct why do they then sometimes dress in a traditional gendered way? Is part of being gender fluid saying that the lived experience of someone born female (or male) is irrelevant? Genuinely interested in your views.

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IstayedForTheFeminism · 14/03/2022 22:10

Surely being gender fluid, and believing that gender doesn't exist/is a made up construct are different things?

bishophaha · 14/03/2022 22:05

I mean 'doesn't mean it DOESN'T exist'!!

bishophaha · 14/03/2022 22:04

Something being a 'social construct' doesn't mean it exists. Money/currency is usually a good example of this - the coins themselves don't have any inherent value but they represent a system we all buy into.

What 'gender' is is not really definable. To me it's 'sex role stereotypes' - how your sex determines how you are treated by society in general.

Many times it is a lazy shorthand for 'masculinity' or 'femininity' which are normally bound to culture and time (and change between these).

What I don't believe is that 'gender' is some innate part of your brain or personality etc - it's influenced by how you're brought up, by the culture you live in, tons of things.

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