Is gender over?

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Yes (explain in comments)

No (explain in comments)

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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!! :)

Cinnamon · 31-35, F

@Plobey yes, and there already are a few unisex pronouns around. Most often I hear "they" used in the singular. I think that was already around informally before people became more aware of gender variety. There are also invented words like "ze" (although personally I find that one difficult because it sounds just like the German or Yiddish word for "she"). There are other languages that have never distinguished male and female in pronouns. English used to have a singular and plural "you" (thou / you) and that disappeared so the gender distinction could certainly disappear as well.