I can't think of a academic discipline more enveloped into the idea of gender than anthropology. Anthropologists identify, describe, and catalogue gender across societal populations, like the third gender Lhamana in the Zuni tribe. I wouldn't have a degree in Anthropology if I didn't have interest in the topics of the discipline.
So here's the thing, gender roles and all things that a gender represented is completely made up by the people who participate in that society. And even then, there's going to be vagueness, especially when population size grows and grows. What it means to be man, or woman, or Lhamana or whatever will change as the population changes. It's fluid. Equating sex to gender is easy to refute. If male = man, here's a nice picture of this man, thusly so because he is male.
Gender studies, maybe?
Oh you thought i said that you can tell everything important about a person from their skeleton. Didn't mean to confuse you. I didn't say that.
Once again, it is nice to have an educated perspective on the issue.
I’m willing to not treat someone like dirt because of what they’re going through yes.
You haven’t explained or justified anything, just talked in lala talk.
Complex? Sure. There’s a thing called male and female and they’re what the existence of essentially any vertebrate species relies on.
This doesn’t refute any point you think it does.
I can tell if that Skelton is from a male or female…in literally any vertebrate species, and usually it’s pretty obvious.
Remember, it’s about preserving the integrity of women’s sports. It’s nothing about preying on bigotry to try and keep a base that hasn’t gotten over Obergefell angry and engaged for the midterms…
U.S. Sen. Mike Braun: SCOTUS should leave abortion, interracial marriage to states
U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) said the U.S. Supreme Court was wrong to legalize interracial marriage nationwide and should have left it to individual states.www.wfyi.org
I wish posters on here could see these sweeping reforms quickly being stuffed down their throats for what they truly are. Yesterday, Utah’s legislature quickly passed a ban in special session. Many delegates voiced anger from their base that the legislature had been stymied by the Republican governor and threatened primaries for incumbents that didn’t help to override the gov’s veto. And today is the GOP convention where GOP legislators up for re-election faced party delegates. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.
There’s a real opportunity to have an adult conversation about women’s sports and improving the lives of LGBT students. Unfortunately, the political party in charge of most state legislatures, including Utah’s, has no interest in that. Much easier to just prey on bigotry.
Monson has some good thoughts
Gordon Monson: Utah Legislature played a political game while transgender athletes suffered
The Utah Way too often becomes the way of protecting those who already are in power and kicking aside those who could use more representation and a little help, Tribune columnist Gordon Monson writes.www.sltrib.com
That changes nothing about how I feel about the inclusion of an educated perspective. You have no idea what my motivations are, obviously and you have exposed your own mindset that you will only acknowledge the validity of information if it conforms to your point of view.
I've gone over my understandings multiple times in multiple threads, but I appreciate you haven't had opportunity to read most of them. What's something you think I've said that I can't substantiate?
Except where they don't, like the lizards the reproduce asexually, and the people who are not exclusively male nor exclusively female on a biological level exist.
Gender. Those perceived to be women were put in women's sports, those perceived to be men in men's sports.
Thank you for agreeing you have no concerns about trans women competing against other women. It's always nice to get agreement.
There were some interesting points made in the exchange such as trans athletes being allowed double the level of testosterone that female athletes are allowed to have without that female athlete being banned from the sport for doping, and that if sports are divided among genders then it must require making 57 different (or however many genders there are) divisions but sports are current sports are two divisions because our species has two biological sexes.
