good grief well this is gonna be fun.
"gender is a social construct" yes, one thats based on biological sex.
the societal role of each gender is based on the biological neccesities and evolutionary drives of biological sex.
and even that, is something i only realy take with a grain of salt.
your source talks about some cultures that have "More than two sexes", the reality is that those cultures tend to be dead or irrelevant.
Yes there was a caste among the aztecs that was considered female despite beeing eunuchs, that doesnt constitute a gender role.
Its basically the old human principle of emasculation. Simmilar to what the greeks did, to their enemies that is.
Not to mention that this, at least in the case of the aztecs IIRC, wasnt voluntary.
Saying those cultures had "More genders" elevates this to a good thing. Rather than, in most cases, forced sterilization and cruel mistreatment of children.
"Theres more than XX and XY" Intersex people arent a Sex, they are usually a birth defect.
Humans have two arms and two legs, even if that one girl in india has four arms. an aberration does not have any say on what does and not constitute a gender or sex.
And before anyone gets any ideas. Im not saying this in a deriding fashion.
its just how it is, its a defect. That does not mean these people are defective or inferior in any way. but that the process of them beeing produced had a hang up and ended up with something that is, quite frankly, not exactly fit for purpose and carries many health risks with it.
>the dna isnt linear but entangled
its a double helix, i dont know where youre getting with this, i guess youre getting at that "sex is a spectrum" thing. Well exordinary claims require exordinary evidence my dude.
ive read what your source says on it and, shocker, its exactly what im saying.
the large majority of humans have two gender defining chromosomes and thos with a Y chromosome develop testicles. Oh yeah and then thers aberraitons, mutations, birth defects and a wide range of other things that cane make an individual have a different number or set of chromosoms or expressions of Sex markers other than those that their chromosomes might imply.
The only thing that this proves is that human genetics are error prone. which they are, hence why we tend to get cancer past a certain age.
Saying that these things should be treated as other genders can only come from an ideological standpoint.
Afterall, having other chromosomal arrangements than XX and XY tends to lead to things like not beeing able to reproduce, or IIRC in the case of XYY partial giantism and mental deficits. These are not desireable health benefits, these are detriments to those individuals.
Just because these people are, and neccesarily have to be due to their condition not beeing one that is favored by human reproduction, a minority, doesnt change anyhting. Beeing a Minortiy doesnt give you the right to declare what is and is not. Minority status shouldnt be a desired characteristic.
Its a descriptor and shouldnt be anything more than that.
If i got 6 beans, 4 of which are green and 2 of which are yellow. Saying the yellow beans are a "minority" should not be a descriptor outside of "theres more green beans than yellow ones"
This is exactly what ive been talking about when i say a certain kind of politics.
It is one thing to depict the "struggles" of a minority. it is another thing to depict something as normal or desireable, specifically when it comes to "Minority markers" that are actual health detriments.
And quite frankly, as emphatic as you might think you are, it is questionable when is the time and place to depict the "struggles" of the minorities, and how to depict them.
When i play an epic fantasy game, i do not need to kno what "transsexual" means in Klingom, thanks Dragon age inquisition.
This is not going to make me more emphatic towards the struggles of minorities. its going to diminish my compassion towards them.
And lets face it, the kind of writers that put these "struggles" in, what kinda writers are they realy?
Is this going to happen in a toned down somber fashion?
Or will it be siege of dragonspear? because weve got evidence of the latter, and not a lot of evidence of the former.
sure your minorities can be as loud and as in your face as they want.
And i can be as intolerant of that as i want.
There have been video games ive not bought as a result of blatant virtue signaling.
Which leads to a certain problem that minorities have, in a society based on supply and demand, they have to appeal to the majority to take their problems seriously.
And im telling you, they arent making that happen by beeing annoying.
Oh yeah and a little extra because i find it funny: im part of a religious minority in my country, one that has in the past been violently opressed (no, not the jews), a struggle thats part of my familys (not my) history.
i dont go around demanding special rights either. Because the laws in my country are universal and nobody needs special treatment.
all are equal under the law. as it should be.
Last edited by Sordak; 30/03/20 09:40 AM.
