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Chris Fox's avatar

I could believe in souls before I could believe in gender identity.

Even before the "trans" fad I believed gender itself to be a largely useless concept, but since its descent into pure gibberish I would favor its complete removal from psychology, science, and law, if not from language. To the extent that it means anything, there are eight billion genders.

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Steve QJ's avatar

"I could believe in souls before I could believe in gender identity"

Yep. I think they're broadly the same concept.

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Passion guided by reason's avatar

Small note:

Not too long ago, the word "gender" was either a polite synonym for sex, or a grammatical component of some languages.

Then feminists described "gender roles", which I continue to believe a meaningful concept.

It's the more recent concept of "gender identity" which jumped the shark, IMO.

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