Published on 12, July, 2020
A discussion in this forum made me ask myself this question, what's gender?. I googled it but what I found there didn't make much sense to me. I always thought that the gender of the other person doesn't tell me much about who they are. It just informs me about the appropriate pronouns that this person wants me to use with them. Frankly I don't care about figuring out my gender. I was born in a woman's body and I never felt like it's the wrong one. I think I'd feel the same if I was born in a man's body. I have never spent time thinking about this part of myself because I never thought that it's important enough to me. I'll be the same person anyway, no? I don't think it would change much about who I am... Can anyone share how they understand gender?
Ree,
I perceive this as a tri-polar topic......people either start shouting or go and hide.
TRIBE 1 = Confused and/or apathetic about getting into discussions about it & quite fearful to do so.
TRIBE 2 = Passionately in favour of rights and wanting to talk of them and their importance.
TRIBE 3 = Passionately in favour of rights and wanting to talk of them and their importance.
This isn't a typo above. Tribe 2 and tribe 3 are correctly identical - but diametrically opposed - and both equally splintered too.
I do find myself wholly distracted from the subject matter by the tension and tribal nature that has so rapidly developed around it.
I am startled by the "overwhelming passions" exhibited in relation to such an opaque and recently manifested topic area.
"Overwhelming passion" is great in a double bed, but often a catalyst for disaster on a tribal scale......and potentially a forum scale too!
I am currently very fearful for all the tribes.
These are my thoughts on this.
Number.
It's an absolute shame that a world has been fostered in which people are fearful to give their views but there is most probably absolutely nothing new about that. Especially in this country where people have always been coy on certain subjects.
That's a shame Number, I've always been interested in hearing what you have to say, always tried to make you feel welcome to express your opinions but sometimes it feels like you are reluctant to answer my questions. And I can't think why.Lots of people alude to things but then never follow up with explicitly explaining what the things actually are, which, call it stereotypic if you want, but I always find it odd as an autist to be be met with such nebulousity from other autists, when usually we are a straightforward bunch. I know I always try to say what I mean at least.
The internet has been a net negative i think. Before it the same people still existed though. I know i did.
Perhaps....but it feels to me like everyone has been popping metaphorical steroids recently....and then REALLY setting to !