| hershel_layton said: 1) what do you think of transgenderism?
2) is gender determined by your sex?
3) are there only 2 genders?
4) With the NBA removing the all star game, is it hypocritical of them to keep the Charlotte Hornets in North carolina? |
1. I have nothing against the transgendered and I am all for moving past the stigmas surrounding them.
2. Maybe? It depends how gender and sex are defined, also if those definitions are accurate. Growing up on Star Trek, I've come to look at the scientific defintion of "life" as antiquated and arbitrarily restrictive; perhaps the same could be said of sex/gender.
3. No. Or, to clarify, one doesn't have to belong to one sex or gender exclusively; there are many who are born with the sex organs of both genders or possess them ambiguously. On a base, biological level, humans can naturally defy the expected male/female identity. Some organizations consider the overlap of the two to be a third gender in of itself, but at the very least, lumping someone in one category over the other is demonstrably denying part of their nature.
4. I'm not sure if it's hypocritical to keep the team in Charlotte; even if they wanted to move them elsewhere, I am sure that the process would be long, complicated and involve many hungry lawyers. North Carolina does seem to trying to go full Big Brother on the issue, though. I wonder how someone can rant against Big Government and support crap like this at the same time.
Good thread!
