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SilverNicktail t1_j1bvsbw wrote

Reply to comment by Firstpoet in Scotland passes legislation allowing people to change their gender easier. by Ohnoitsewan

Gender is a social construct as opposed to sex, which is biological, sooo....it's basically already just words, my guy.

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Firstpoet t1_j1bzn48 wrote

So words are actual physically objective social constructs. Really? 'Social construct' is of itself merely words.

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SilverNicktail t1_j1c2io5 wrote

I don't think your reply makes any sense. I said that gender is a social construct, which it is. Ideas of what male and female gender roles have changed constantly throughout history, and have differed wildly between cultures. The idea that such things have always been locked in stone is a falsehood perpetuated exclusively as a response to those who wish to go against contemporary societal norms

"Real men should never wear pink, or tights!" one hypothetical reactionary may shout. If they did, they would be in total ignorance of the times in our history when pink was considered manly, or when all men of stature wore leggings. Did you know that the modern association between women and pink only came about in the 1930s and 1940s?

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EhipassikoParami t1_j1ddr2m wrote

> So words are actual physically objective social constructs. Really?

They are if you write them down.
Also, since when is gender "physically objective"? Considering the dictionary definition of gender, which you are free to look up for yourself.

I don't think you think very deeply. All you do is grind your axe, and that axe is based solely on emotion.

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Firstpoet t1_j1dxa68 wrote

Alice in Wonderland: "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."

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