> All this is to say that if people fill out these forms using this definition of sex, they’re guessing at a question which is both impossible to answer and socially irrelevant.
I agree with the article’s broad points. Don’t be the asshole trying to force other people into a gender/sex box. The “socially irrelevant” part is wrong though. All societies I’m aware of, and especially the societies republicans want, have very particular roles and expectations for men and women. Just stating the facts; I wouldn’t mind having sex play a much smaller role.
While I’m on the side of the author philosophically, they have the wrong approach. You can’t use logic to convince a crazy person they are crazy. You can’t convince a narcissist of the harm they are spreading and get them to change.
I learned this the hard way. I think the best option for us to to fight like hell in the courts and through our representatives.
It says this definition of sex is socially irrelevant, which is true. No one is checking your chromosomes to assign you to a gender role. They use other criteria.
> All this is to say that if people fill out these forms using this definition of sex, they’re guessing at a question which is both impossible to answer and socially irrelevant.
I agree with the article’s broad points. Don’t be the asshole trying to force other people into a gender/sex box. The “socially irrelevant” part is wrong though. All societies I’m aware of, and especially the societies republicans want, have very particular roles and expectations for men and women. Just stating the facts; I wouldn’t mind having sex play a much smaller role.
While I’m on the side of the author philosophically, they have the wrong approach. You can’t use logic to convince a crazy person they are crazy. You can’t convince a narcissist of the harm they are spreading and get them to change.
I learned this the hard way. I think the best option for us to to fight like hell in the courts and through our representatives.
It says this definition of sex is socially irrelevant, which is true. No one is checking your chromosomes to assign you to a gender role. They use other criteria.