Passion guided by reason: 'If we accept that "gender roles" and "gender identity" are different, then there is only one "camp", and we can all understand both terms.'
Agreed, of course. Perhaps everyone associated with The Commentary would agree. But that's a tall order for most of the "we" in that sentence! Because that's everyone else L…
Passion guided by reason: 'If we accept that "gender roles" and "gender identity" are different, then there is only one "camp", and we can all understand both terms.'
Agreed, of course. Perhaps everyone associated with The Commentary would agree. But that's a tall order for most of the "we" in that sentence! Because that's everyone else LOL. And the confusion persists with every usage of that catch-all word "gender"...
For example, on the very application that I personally send out to potential council members for a government council I oversee, there is a question "What is your gender? (check what best describes your current gender identity):" with Male, Female, Trans Female, Trans Male, Genderqueer/Gender non-binary, Not Listed, and Decline to State as answers. This very question - approved by the council itself and therefore I have no ability to update it - conflates the word "gender" with gender identity.
When gender is used to mean gender identity on a regular basis, then folks who use gender to mean gender norms will constantly have to define how they are using the word gender. And vice versa.
Passion guided by reason: 'If we accept that "gender roles" and "gender identity" are different, then there is only one "camp", and we can all understand both terms.'
Agreed, of course. Perhaps everyone associated with The Commentary would agree. But that's a tall order for most of the "we" in that sentence! Because that's everyone else LOL. And the confusion persists with every usage of that catch-all word "gender"...
For example, on the very application that I personally send out to potential council members for a government council I oversee, there is a question "What is your gender? (check what best describes your current gender identity):" with Male, Female, Trans Female, Trans Male, Genderqueer/Gender non-binary, Not Listed, and Decline to State as answers. This very question - approved by the council itself and therefore I have no ability to update it - conflates the word "gender" with gender identity.
When gender is used to mean gender identity on a regular basis, then folks who use gender to mean gender norms will constantly have to define how they are using the word gender. And vice versa.