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From mshellbedlam.blogspot.com
Patriarchy: enforces gender stereotypes, based (spuriously) on biology, to keep women dependent on men, thus ensuring mens access to womens bodies & labor
Biological sex: scientific reality Woman Female chromosomes, hormones and reproductive organs. Gender: socially acceptable internal states Feminine: emotional submissive other-oriented Masculine: logical dominant independent Gender: socially acceptable aspirations/behaviors Feminine: Create & caretake life Serve others Be attractive to others Masculine: Lead/build/conquer Protect/provide Gender: socially acceptable aesthetic presentation Gender: pronouns She/Her
Him/He
Biological sex: scientific reality WomanFemale chromosomes, hormones, reproductive organs. ManMale chromosomes, hormones reproductive organs. IntersexMixture of female & male biological traits, differentiation difficult.
Socially acceptable aspirations/behaviors Anything for which you have drive/talent and which doesnt harm others. Anything for which you have drive/talent and which doesnt harm others. Anything for which you have drive/talent and which doesnt harm others.
Socially acceptable aesthetic presentation Whatever the heck you want, within reason (health, safety, non-harmful and non-prejudicial dress codes) Whatever the heck you want, within reason (health, safety, non-harmful and non-prejudicial dress codes) Whatever the heck you want, within reason (health, safety, non-harmful and non-prejudicial dress codes)
Pronouns Language evolves with culture. One set of pronouns- not based on genitalia - for all
Language evolves with culture. One set of pronouns- not based on genitalia - for all Language evolves with culture. One set of pronouns-not based on genitalia - for all
Erased here: Basic human reproductive biology, thus the reproductive vulnerability, power and work of the female sex. Personal freedoms gained over gender abolition? None.