Umm, people can definitely change how others view them. And if person A refuses to accept person B for who they are, that doesn’t define person B. It defines person A as an asshole.
And if person A refuses to accept person B for who they are, that doesn’t define person B. It defines person A as an asshole.
Agree. And that sentence is not only valid for gender, it’s for any other cultural label (like genders are).
If I say that I’m a gamer, or a fan of star wars, or whatever, and you’re spending your energy trying to convince the world I’m not what I said… it says much more about you than about me.
Are you aware of a good rebuttal to the comment you replied to? It tends to trip me up as even through it’s often presented in bad faith, our concept of race is mostly cultural too isn’t it? It feels like they’re different somehow, but I can’t articulate the reason why and so it’s like I’ve stumbled into a “gotcha”.
gender is a social construct which can change depending on social expectations or the mental feeling of the individual, while race is a biological construct that can’t be changed
Using the original comment’s delineation as a guide: Nationality and ethnicity are cultural; i.e., akin to gender. Race is phenotypic; i.e., akin to sex. So, no.
Umm, people can definitely change how others view them. And if person A refuses to accept person B for who they are, that doesn’t define person B. It defines person A as an asshole.
Agree. And that sentence is not only valid for gender, it’s for any other cultural label (like genders are).
If I say that I’m a gamer, or a fan of star wars, or whatever, and you’re spending your energy trying to convince the world I’m not what I said… it says much more about you than about me.
How about race? Can white people elect to be Black?
This is a bad faith argument, and at best a whataboutism. They aren’t remotely related.
Are you aware of a good rebuttal to the comment you replied to? It tends to trip me up as even through it’s often presented in bad faith, our concept of race is mostly cultural too isn’t it? It feels like they’re different somehow, but I can’t articulate the reason why and so it’s like I’ve stumbled into a “gotcha”.
gender is a social construct which can change depending on social expectations or the mental feeling of the individual, while race is a biological construct that can’t be changed
Using the original comment’s delineation as a guide: Nationality and ethnicity are cultural; i.e., akin to gender. Race is phenotypic; i.e., akin to sex. So, no.
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Describing intentionally misgendering someone as “truth” is simply transphobia. Be better.