Quote (Handcuffs @ Nov 29 2022 07:06pm)
I can conceptually try and understand that. If one has been exposed to a certain understanding of gender, and they feel it is a non-subjective understanding, then anything that posits differently would seem very affronting. I do wonder about the long-term sustainability of that position though, given that if even 1% of the population is gender expansive (and if they achieve any kind of fondness, notoriety, or fame) then inevitably people will learn of their existence. Do we just never speak about it then and pretend like it doesn't happen? Or, is the path forward that we do speak about it, but through the lens that it is abnormal and shouldn't be taken seriously as anything more than an outlier?
I'd like society to take the attitude of decades ago, where discussions about breaking the gender binary only existed in academia and the gay community, and normal(I use this word intentionally) people don't pay much thought to any of it. I'd also like people to be tolerant and civilized, but that doesn't mean accepting every expression of norm-defying gender behavior as good or desirable.