Well said, thank you. I doubt that anyone planned that leap. I think it was mainly driven by the narcissism of autogynephiles and overprivileged self-indulgent academics who grew up with Free To Be You And Me.
When I read (a bit of) Judith Butler, I saw she leapt from describing gender as a social construct, to describing it as free-floating, like a coat you could take off or put on. The social conditioning of gender is deeply tied to one's sex, it's stitched into our psyches. No one conditions males into feminine stereotypes, or vice versa. It's impossible for males to be socially conditioned feminine. It's ridiculous. But I really think people in general do not understand how conditioning works.
Well said, thank you. I doubt that anyone planned that leap. I think it was mainly driven by the narcissism of autogynephiles and overprivileged self-indulgent academics who grew up with Free To Be You And Me.
When I read (a bit of) Judith Butler, I saw she leapt from describing gender as a social construct, to describing it as free-floating, like a coat you could take off or put on. The social conditioning of gender is deeply tied to one's sex, it's stitched into our psyches. No one conditions males into feminine stereotypes, or vice versa. It's impossible for males to be socially conditioned feminine. It's ridiculous. But I really think people in general do not understand how conditioning works.