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Is it a good thing or not?
Discuss.
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...But seriously, though, what kind of question is that?
Who here likes butter popcorn? I'm willing to share.
Broken image?
I don't...
Oh you clever man.
Commies did it.
That said, I have no objections if you actually get an interesting, substantial discussion going here.
I think it's a part of us that has its benefits, but also its downfalls."The point of this thread was to mock the crazed intensity of gender discussions anyway. That's why it's in IJBM meta, heck."
Most people don't understand it, and a lot of people don't want to understand it because it makes life a little bit more complicated for them.
Hurhur, genderp.
Anyway, it's kinda hard to get away from its historical weight, but it's not really more useful than any generalized reference.
Anyway, it's kinda hard to get away from its historical weight, but it's not really more useful than any generalized reference.
I agree with both parts of that comment. I think it is naive to believe that one can simply try to abolish gender norms and then expect them to dissolve shortly thereafter. At worst, I feel like that can lead to confusing large-scale social engineering programs that focus too much on going against traditional gender roles in lieu of giving people the freedoms and opportunities to choose.
As for the second part of what you said, I agree that gender is not really that useful in the sense that it is just based on generalizations. Short of certain duties like pregnancy and traits related to biology such as differences in physical attributes, I feel like gender roles tend to be unfairly restrictive and somewhat arbitrary. I mean, I cannot really think of any good reasons why men wearing dresses is objectionable or why women should not be considered equal members of a household.
I also think that masculinity and femininity are too often considered wholly separate and hostile to one another and that they should not be solely or even mostly locked onto being a man or being a woman. I feel like certain very positive emotions and ideas are neglected as people cast them off as being incompatible with "manliness" or "womanliness." That being said, if people believe they are more masculine than feminine or vice-versa, I am not one to say they are wrong either.
wholly separate and hostile to one another and that they should not be
solely or even mostly locked onto being a man or being a woman.
This.
Have I mentioned how much I hate "guys versus girls" arrangements in party games?
Oh, and fun fact: When I was a kid, I wondered why all these classical composers were male but they wrote such pretty, lyrical music.