Its an invented concept that isnt grounded in biology.
I'm also happy to play along but find the whole thing ridiculous and weird that someone can make up their gender and then get funny with someone who doesn't want to play along.
As someone who prides themselves on smugly dismissing poorly elucidated ideas I'm surprised you don't accept that another person might decide the whole thing is bullshit.
Of course it isn't grounded in biology - which I think is the point for people who experience things differently. Physical science and psychological experience aren't related... but to me that doesn't mean gender is bullshit.
Personally I think gender is irrelevant, which is why it's easy for me to simply take the he/she out of things and think of people as individuals (them or they) and be done with it. I can accept that another person might not want to play along - but that doesn't mean I can't/won't have an opinion on it (just like I can accept Waqa Blake or Jake Arthur might get selected, but I can discuss the relative merits or craziness of that).
I don't think so. I just see some people with some different views and you trying to shit on them.
When the different opinion/moral panic deserves shitting on, then
. Just like many other people do on here to each other over other views (including on Waqa and Jake).
Stamping out bigoted views is important. I think we have to be very careful when we use that label though.
I feel like the bigot police have really shit radars and apply it far too liberally in a way which often shuts down the conversation.
Fair enough. I do think there is some evidence of some homonophobia among some of the opinions posted here in the last twenty four hours though. And to me someone calling it when they see it doesn't need to shut down the conversation - unless the holders of the disrepectful/ill-considered/accidentally bigoted views have really thin skin about it (and the potential damage their views might cause).
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