I’m socially liberal AF but I have to admit I don’t get/understand/buy the gender identity concept (i.e. there are 50+ genders). Okay, let the PC police and troll-mania commence. 😔

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Language is a tool we use to describe reality. As we learn more about ourselves, how humans behave, and how our minds work, we’ve come up with new, more specific ways of describing ourselves while also acknowledging certain realities we’ve preferred to suppress.

The 50+ things is a bit misleading though. People are still figuring out the language around this stuff so a lot of the terms out there overlap and describe similar things.

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I once read this book on Amazon called “The 7 Sexes, Biology of Sex Determination”, by Elon Carlson.

It’s an interesting read. He basically says gender is a spectrum, with cis males and cis females sitting on opposite ends, while hermaphrodites sit in the middle. Next on opposing sides of the spectrum are gay men and lesbians, followed by M to F transgender and F to M transgender on opposite sides.

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I agree. I don’t get it. It’s also a non issue and liberals parade around like conservatives are banning Pansexuals or Demi genders from receiving home loans.

No...we just think you’re weird.

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🍻, OP!

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The whole "50 genders" thing is usually a conservative phrase to disparage the idea of gender identity. Nobody really says there are 50 genders.

When it comes to identity I personally follow my core life tenet: If it has nothing to do with me, I mind my own f*cking business. It's a great tenet to live by.

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OP, I guess I can sympathize. I personally don't know that I grasp it either, but I know it's important for some people so I support them.

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I struggle with understanding why anyone cares how someone identifies. Let people live.

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P2 I honestly do not know. I didn’t know “let people live why do you care” was so inflammatory. It is fine to not understand something and also not be impacted by it!

The only thing that bothers me is the linguistic militancy. You’re welcome to tell me your pronouns and I’ll use them, but I’m not going to ask. I’m just gonna go ahead and take a first stab. Don’t get offended.

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Agree with this. You can correct me if you prefer to go by something else and I will correct myself but yes I won't go out of my way to ask.

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You can identify however you want but don't let those who identify as female who are really biologically male compete in female sports. Especially when it's a contact sport. That's just dangerous.

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I think they’re referencing a trans mma fighter who fractured a woman’s skull.

I am liberal AF, gender should be replaced by a length scale based on your anatomy.

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Size matters!

I don't get either. But it also has no impact on my life. So what ever.

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For people make the issue out of it, have nothing going on in their life. Especially for those who impose their ideology on random people.

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What does biology have to do with how one presents themselves in the world; with the clothes they wear, the length of their hair, the makeup on their face, the colors they dress themselves in?

I’m gay and liberal and also don’t get it but really if we just let people do what they want as long as it does not infringe on the public, then what’s the harm

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Who said there’s 50 genders out there?

Right but you’re the one coming across aggressive and combative, not me. I was sincere with my post and you decided to interpret it a certain way, which is your right, but I don’t have to accept your framing.

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How does it impact your life?

How many sex chromosome combination does a member of homo sapiens have?

https://www.who.int/genomics/gender/en/index1.html

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Part of my mother’s dissertation was on children who mislabeled at birth due to ambiguous genitalia (genetics). Once they reached puberty the hormones kicked in and they grew into their adults of the correct gender.

If something like that is medically possible then I think it’s only reasonable to go with whatever gender identity a person tells you they are.

Also, cisgender just means straight. We have to keep up with the lingo as well.

Honestly I didn’t have a clue. Thanks for pointing that out.

I’m not sure you need to question it or understand it. It doesn’t really impact you?

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