| Jaicee said: I think we can all figure out what chromosomes are, and therefore what biological sex is (at least in essence), but what the hell is gender? I ask because the term gender is today used more often than sex to describe whether one is male, female, "or something else", and yet seems to possess no clear and objective definition that I can observe. Gender identity is being increasingly defined by such things as, for example... ...one's manner of speech, I guess my question here is whether the extent to which one's attitude and lifestyle conforms to stereotypes about one or the other sex is really a sound basis on which to categorize them as male, female, "or something else"? What do you think? Can't one simply be a gender-nonconforming woman or man or does one's list of hobbies or dress style instead define whether they're male or female? |
I believe Dr John Money helped coin the term 'Gender Identity' as something different from bioligical sex back in the 1960s. He was so convinced of his theory that he transitioned a little boy (after convincing the parents it was a good idea) from a boy to a girl (David Reimer) because his penis was destroyed by a controversial circumcision technique. The boy refused to conform to his dictated gender identity and attempted to transition back to a man as a teenager. Him and his brother Brian both committed suicide since.
I consider Dr John Money an evil man and the term 'Gender Identity' is part of his legacy. Until that time, gender was used to describe 'feminine' or 'masculine' objects in various European languages.
In short: it's a made up term invented in the last few decades and has (in my estimation) led to more harm than good.
