Even in magic happy post-gender land, there will still be people who identify as male or female.
I know that. I know a lot of people who are strongly identified as one or the other. But do we have to name it and neccessarily associated a set of genitalia with it? I say 'no,' it's not necessary. I feel like the best way is to dismantle the idea of gender, so people are just people with a spectrum of behaviors--but a lot of people disagree with me. This is fine.
I get that identity in general means nothing to you, but it is important to a lot of people.
Sorry, it's gender identity that means nothing to me. Yes, it is important to a lot of people, but I think that some people in the trans community forget that for a group of people it also means nothing. Their very trans-ness makes gender identity a big deal, so sometimes they forget there are people who don't wanted to be labeled, or people who would like to move fluidly between both extremes frequently behaviorally.
Yet saying "gender is some bullshit society made up" invalidates their lives.
What's the definition of "invalidation" here? Does Serano think she's being invalidated because the seriousness of her life experience is being ignored or erased? Does she think it's because her life experience then comes "some bullshit society made up?" It doesn't, but she can think whatever way she pleases.
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I know that. I know a lot of people who are strongly identified as one or the other. But do we have to name it and neccessarily associated a set of genitalia with it? I say 'no,' it's not necessary. I feel like the best way is to dismantle the idea of gender, so people are just people with a spectrum of behaviors--but a lot of people disagree with me. This is fine.
I get that identity in general means nothing to you, but it is important to a lot of people.
Sorry, it's gender identity that means nothing to me. Yes, it is important to a lot of people, but I think that some people in the trans community forget that for a group of people it also means nothing. Their very trans-ness makes gender identity a big deal, so sometimes they forget there are people who don't wanted to be labeled, or people who would like to move fluidly between both extremes frequently behaviorally.
Yet saying "gender is some bullshit society made up" invalidates their lives.
What's the definition of "invalidation" here? Does Serano think she's being invalidated because the seriousness of her life experience is being ignored or erased? Does she think it's because her life experience then comes "some bullshit society made up?" It doesn't, but she can think whatever way she pleases.