209
Gender isn't real: it's just an idea (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 11 months ago by hellfire103@sopuli.xyz to c/memes@sopuli.xyz
82 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The idea is that gender identity is something you're born with but gender expression is a choice. Consider three examples:

  1. A trans person in a community that doesn't accept them may decide to dress and act in accordance with their biological sex even though (secretly, on the inside) they have a different gender identity.
  2. Tomboys. Born as a biological female, identifies as a woman, but she expresses her gender in a way that people usually think of as being masculine.
  3. Drag/Crossdressing. You can be born as a man, identify as a man, but enjoy wearing woman's clothes (as part of a performance on stage or just because you like it).

Just like sex and gender are separable, gender identity and gender expression are separable.

this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2023
209 points (79.4% liked)

Memes

8314 readers
984 users here now

Post memes here.

A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.

Laittakaa meemejä tänne.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz
seahorse@midwest.social
graphito@sopuli.xyz