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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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