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Gender isn't real: it's just an idea (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/6893359

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

i mean just because something is a social construct doesn’t mean it has no real effects on people lives or importance in society. money is a social construct too, but it still affects people and society in major ways, and can be an extremely useful tool.

personally, i think that gender is a useful concept to describe a difficult to quantify/describe part of a persons being, and the majority of people identify with some aspect of gender in some way in their lives. because of that, imo, it’s a good word that should be kept around