I was originally going to ask how many legal genders there should be, but I fail to see a compelling argument against 0.

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[–] 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (16 children)

We don't. They're entirely immaterial to a modern world.

The instant 2 atheists got married, it opened the door to people of any gender pairing to get married. Marriage is just a social contact between 2 consenting adults ahemwith tax incentives. Only religion dictated which genders are allowed to do what.

Conservative hand wringing over public restroom use is mitigated by making all bathrooms gender neutral. Easy fix.

What else? Pink is for whoever the fuck likes it, you salmon short wearing closeted frat bros. You do you. Blue is for people doing Frozen cosplay. I dunno, gendered colors are so stupid.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (6 children)

    Your third paragraph confuses me. Why would conservatives be alright with this solution?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (5 children)

    Because conservative rich kids wear pink "ironically" as a flex that they're rich, and therefore "manly enough" that they de-gender pink as a color.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    What does that have to do with gender-neutral bathrooms?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (3 children)

    That conservatives use gender as a weapon at their discretion.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (2 children)

    Let me reframe my original question. How does making gender neutral bathrooms neutralize conservatives concern over restrooms? That’s literally what they’re concerned about.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    It can't. Their identity is wrapped up in the expectation that most people, like them, lack impulse control and can't be trusted in any situation where genitals are involved. They think every horror imaginable is only seconds away from happening in every bathroom.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago* (4 children)

    Those are good points. Genders and gendered colors always were inconvenient to me. I hate how women's gym shoes are always shitty colors and I have to worry about people offended because of traditional gender roles. It's annoying af.

    Pink is not considered feminine in many countries. Also, marriage is not Christian. Hindus, muslims, Buddhists, pagans, and all kind of folks get married and have before Christians existed. It's not one man and one woman. Massai warriors and Mormons have lots of wives.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago* (1 child)

    Some amount of gendered colors is a useful social shortcut. When our children were babies, we painted the nursery green because that’s my favorite color, and otherwise didn’t bother much with color. However when we went out we tended to have some obvious blue to make it simpler to talk about our baby. It’s easier for someone to say “he’s cute” because he has a blue blanket, than to have the “boy or girl?” Discussion.

    Similarly our dog has a pink collar because it’s easier for someone to say “she’s cute” rather than “boy or girl?” And have some random person checking her genitals. It’s only here on Lemmy where people get pornographic about mention of a dog where they don’t know the gender

    It’s just a problem when it’s forced, or excessive, or becomes someone's identity

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Well and even in the West, pink and blue didn't used to be gendered like they are. 100+ years ago yellow was boys, light blue for girls. So the gendering isn't even static, it's as fluid as gender itself.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    I know it's just a typo/autocorrect, but I seriously chuckled at "tax invectives."

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    Thanks for the catch. I didn't have my glasses so the blur of text looked like the right blur.

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