#gender construct

[elitehanitje]

Gender studies with Tony Schiavone and Excalibur

[the--social--anarchist]

Social Construct

The way people view reality. Groups construct a framework around a concept, defining various aspects of their lives through the meanings they attribute to the construct. Jointly constructed understandings of the world that form the basis for shared assumptions about reality.

Examples: Money, race, gender, self identity, marriage, religion.

[hahanobye]

[rallythedead]

[hellyeahimasjw]

Some words are invented along with the thing itself: we didn't need the word "piano" until pianos existed. Some words are invented when the thing they describe is FOUND/IDENTIFIED/DISCOVERED. Like a new species hiding on a remote island. It was there a long time before there was a word for it. All the words you "Tumblr kids"/geniuses are inventing for sexuality and gender identity - they are in the second group. And I love you for it.

[aeternalswirlingfight]

What it means to be feminine or girly is very different depending upon the society. None of these [original post shows pictures of 'traditionally feminine women in various cultures] is the “correct” femininity, just different versions from different cultures. There is no objective way to determine what makes someone feminine in any given culture- you have to ask people. The nature of femininity is totally subjective and relies on the collective agreement of society. If you move one of these women into a different society their defining feminine characteristics instead become physical characteristics with no gender designation at all. In fact, what would make you gender conforming in one culture would make you gender non conforming in another. Gender also changes in individual societies over time, so the meaning of being feminine in America in the 1800s would differ markedly from what it means to be feminine in America right now. How people feel about the construct changes its meaning.Thus we can easily say that gender is a social construct.

radfem-momma (account deactivated, but I really like this discussion of the arbitrary nature of the ‘femininity’ social construct, so quoting)

[feminismisafraud]

The young people the article describes have endured a life more indoctrinated into feminist ideology than any previous generation. Unsurprisingly, what this experience has taught them is the feminist ideology is a fraud, gender is not a construct and, yes indeed, men and women are different:

So what's behind the reverse in support for equality at home? The researchers aren't sure, but they point to a 2011 study that showed that support for gender equality stalled among adults at around the same period.

"We're arguing that this is adding to evidence that a new cultural ideology took hold" about that time, says Pepin. Young people appear to be moving toward the belief "that men and women are equal but they're essentially and inherently different."

Egaitarianism is an ideology that makes sense. Feminism, on the other hand, does not. Duh.

[emo-boy-oliver-blog]

THEY/THEM PRONOUNS ARE VALID

and are really not that hard to use. I guarantee you already use them in your everyday life. People just CHOOSE to be lil shits and say stuff like ‘they/them is too hard to use for a singular person’ like no, fuck off, you know what’s hard? Being misgendered every single fucking day by everyone.