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Is gender over?

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Is gender on the way out? Here in Canada, if you go back 100 years, whether you were categorized male or female totally determined how you could dress, what kind of job/career you could have, who you could marry (other gender only), whether you could have children (one parent of each gender needed), and a whole lot of people's expectations of you. And a lot of this was enshrined in law and/or near-universal social standards.

Today the law is opposed to distinctions between men and women, other gender possibilities are recognized, and the social standards are much looser. A prof of mine was claiming that in another 20 years what gender you are will be no more significant than what colour eyes you have. Some people will still prefer blue eyes or brown eyes (or green or hazel) and some have eclectic tastes, but it won't limit or shape your life choices in any way. What do you think?

This is one of my questions in my field of research, so reading your answers counts as studying, so give me lots of answers!! :)
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Carpediem, I understand. I'm not trying to get into a big debate either. It does get tiring to argue on the big current event topics.
My reply is just about semantics. Gender IS behavior and standards based on a person's sex and what society decides is appropriate for each one. Sex is based on your DNA, so even after a surgery, a person who was male still has the Y chromosome and a person who was female still lacks it. That can't change. Not saying I agree or disagree when it comes to transgender topics but, like I said, just semantics.