The Gender Debate
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It’s become an “article of trans faith” that there are “exactly 73 genders”, says Mary Wakefield in The Spectator. The fastest-growing subset is said to be “xenogender” – people who feel “more akin to animals or plants or foods than humans”. There’s a girl on TikTok who explains very seriously that her gender is “bird” – specifically a cardinal, with “ey/em” pronouns. There’s a horse child who is taken out by school staff for gallops; “a boy dinosaur who is fed on strips of meat”. I’ve also found several people who “identify as cake”. There is some disagreement in the community about how it feels to be cake, but in general I gather it’s a sort of “sweet, fluffy feeling; a lightness”. “No one who’s cake-gender can have tasted a cake I’ve baked.”
Mary? Is that you? Getty
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It’s become an “article of trans faith” that there are “exactly 73 genders”, says Mary Wakefield in The Spectator. The fastest-growing subset is said to be “xenogender” – people who feel “more akin to animals or plants or foods than humans”. There’s a girl on TikTok who explains very seriously that her gender is “bird” – specifically a cardinal, with “ey/em” pronouns. There’s a horse child who is taken out by school staff for gallops; “a boy dinosaur who is fed on strips of meat”. I’ve also found several people who “identify as cake”. There is some disagreement in the community about how it feels to be cake, but in general I gather it’s a sort of “sweet, fluffy feeling; a lightness”. “No one who’s cake-gender can have tasted a cake I’ve baked.”
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FragileHeart · 22-25, M
This is either satire or a person with too much time and lots of fantasy.
The gender debate is unnecessary if people could just accept and love each other the way they are.
If you happen to know or meet someone who goes by certain pronouns and a gender identity you may not know, how about just being decent and accepting them. No harm comes from that.
The gender debate is unnecessary if people could just accept and love each other the way they are.
If you happen to know or meet someone who goes by certain pronouns and a gender identity you may not know, how about just being decent and accepting them. No harm comes from that.
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specman · 46-50, M
@SilkenMist lol
FragileHeart · 22-25, M
@Memph31 Yes there is
[quote] The data-driven bottom line is that “man/woman” and “masculine/feminine” are neither biological terms nor rooted exclusively in biology. The lack of an explicit binary is especially evident in humans given the complex neurobiologies, life histories, and morphological dynamics in our species. There are many successful, biologically diverse ways to be human, and millions of people embody this diversity. Growing up human means growing up in a world of varying gender expectations, body types, reproductive options, family structures, and sexual orientations. [/quote]
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/biological-science-rejects-the-sex-binary-and-that-s-good-for-humanity-70008
[quote] The data-driven bottom line is that “man/woman” and “masculine/feminine” are neither biological terms nor rooted exclusively in biology. The lack of an explicit binary is especially evident in humans given the complex neurobiologies, life histories, and morphological dynamics in our species. There are many successful, biologically diverse ways to be human, and millions of people embody this diversity. Growing up human means growing up in a world of varying gender expectations, body types, reproductive options, family structures, and sexual orientations. [/quote]
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/biological-science-rejects-the-sex-binary-and-that-s-good-for-humanity-70008
BohemianBoo · 18-21, M
@MalteseFalconPunch [quote] I’m not really sure why people like to pretend it isn’t going to just get ratcheted up more and more until there’s even more blood in the streets.[/quote]
For all of South Park's controversies, the worst thing they did was popularize Enlightened Centrism.
For all of South Park's controversies, the worst thing they did was popularize Enlightened Centrism.
Torsten · 36-40, M
@MalteseFalconPunch you cared enough to reply to it. Dont like it, shut the fuck up and ignore it
LordShadowfire · 46-50, MVIP
@specman Nope.
Torsten · 36-40, M
Torsten · 36-40, M
@SilkenMist its nice to see you joke around
SilkenMist · 46-50, F
@Torsten We do not always cross paths in the same threads but yeah I joke around a lot more than you might think :D
Iforgotit · 56-60
@SilkenMist he was diatomic??..
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
[quote] “exactly 73 genders”, says Mary Wakefield[/quote]
If that isn't supposed to be satire then Ms. Wakefield is a very strange or perhaps merely exceedingly gullible writer. There are a number of people here on SW who call themselves trans and more, like me, who use the T label in in our profiles because it is the nearest that SW has; I very much doubt that any of us think that “exactly 73 genders” has any meaning whatsoever.
If that isn't supposed to be satire then Ms. Wakefield is a very strange or perhaps merely exceedingly gullible writer. There are a number of people here on SW who call themselves trans and more, like me, who use the T label in in our profiles because it is the nearest that SW has; I very much doubt that any of us think that “exactly 73 genders” has any meaning whatsoever.
Funlov · M
@SilkenMist try not to but thanks
Since when did sentience get assigned to inanimate objects?... 🤔
I mean objectophile love, that's different.
I met a very nice gentleman (on EP) who was a fan of cursive L, and Latvian women, so, he was a BIG fan of me.
It was entirely platonic though and that's exactly what I needed, a respectful person.
He was respectful to everyone, as I recall.
I mean objectophile love, that's different.
I met a very nice gentleman (on EP) who was a fan of cursive L, and Latvian women, so, he was a BIG fan of me.
It was entirely platonic though and that's exactly what I needed, a respectful person.
He was respectful to everyone, as I recall.
TheManHimself · M
BohemianBoo · 18-21, M
@TheManHimself That would probably be non-binary.
SilkenMist · 46-50, F
@TheManHimself if they have multiple personality disorder than yes
SilkenMist · 46-50, F
Just to put people's mind at ease, this type of thing does not happen in real life.
Probably not even on the web much.
Probably not even on the web much.
CorvusBlackthorne · 46-50, MVIP
Please tell me you do not agree with Ms. Wakefield...
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