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?
Ive always simplified this down to:
Sex - your biological type
Gender - how you feel
Not sure if that is too reductionist, but it works for me?
So I see gender as something that can change, and sex as something that isn't our choice? Hope that isn't controversial
Haha. I like the simplicity of this. I understand it. What I'm struggling with is to figure out how I feel :D. How do different genders feel like? .. I mean, how do I recognise mine... Hmmmm will have to think about this one haha
Think this changes through life. I often feel more masculine or feminine depending on what is going on inside or possibly as a reaction to external experiences