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Originally Posted by jwb
but race is a social construct based on outward appearance...
The confusing thing about the whole gender question to me is that if you completely divorce gender from any specific characteristics you render it functionally meaningless
Like if I say I identify as a woman but that changes nothing about my appearance, personality, presentation, etc then what does me identifying as a woman even mean? It seems like it means nothing at all.
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It becomes VERY abstract at least.
This is related to why gender should be abolished altogether. I've talked about this before, but having such a thing as gender at all is perpetuating harmful notions.