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Didn’t think we had to tip-toe on Lemmy. Let’s talk about the real problems and solutions.
That's not an objective thing to decide. I'm sure this particular teacher would love for us to consider her day to day life a real problem. Work on abolishing gender, sure, but I don't expect it within my lifetime and we all have stuff to do to make life better in the interim.
Fair enough. Just feels like the deeper we go towards ensuring everybody gets the gender they want, the further we are from fixing the actual problem.
I would argue the opposite is true. The entire idea of "abolishing gender" is to remove the forced expectations and norms, not to force everyone to be androgynous or uniform. Freeing this woman to have her gender expression respected by the state is a small, concrete step towards that end.
But what does it mean to be a woman or a man? To wear dresses? To be tough and never cry? Aside from our biological differences, gender is just defined by societal norms. Without gender distinction, there would be no need to fight for people to recognize you as one or the other.
I agree that it would be best to just expand what it means to be a man or a woman, but in order for it to be really effective you’d have to go so far that really only the biological differences matter.
What's the solution then?
We can’t start to erase gender until we solve sexism, but it might be a chicken or egg thing. Can’t protect women against men if we erase gender, but a lot of toxicity comes from the gendering of men and grooming of men in our society. Idk the answer, but it’s not to be afraid to talk about it.