By gender I mean male & female, the two things that can reproduce. If we take other mammals, there are males (usually born with a dick) and females (usually can get pregnant, produce milk). Outside of infertility, this is usually how it works in the mammal kingdom.
And then you have the societal role we attribute to the gender. And this is where I agree that we are smart enough to have a little fun here. We've come to a point where that base gender could mean close to absolutely nothing. I am myself a man wearing make up, often with fluo pink hair and a fashion sense that can be described as feminine; but I never felt that my "maleness" meant anything and/or forced me to do or stop anything...
This is the point where I can't support that movement. I agree with all the symptoms and conclusions, but I don't understand how "changing gender" or pronoun, making up crazy spectrum etc. can be part of the solution process at all.
As you say yourself, we're an intelligent species. We should not require that crutch. We can assume our dickness or non-dickness without it bearing ANY further meaning. It's barely a mean of reproduction (that sometimes doesn't even work).
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