I'd be okay if my sex was scrubbed from my driver's license. Like, I doubt there will ever be a doppelganger with my name at my address with my birthday that is contrary in sex to myself, ever.

But sadly, when the cops receive a report, they'll ask "were they male or female," which they'll use to in their investigation.

Not necessarily legal but tracking genders is extremely important for data analytics in almost every field. For example knowing certain diseases affects genders differently allows scientists to create better medicines or medicines that target different things. Like medicines that are specifically designed to be safe for pregnancy.

If they no longer represent sex then census and demographic information is the only reason I can think of. Those are important things to track for a society trying to organize itself and plan for the future.

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This is part of my problem with bigger transitioning than I've already done. I've reached about the point where I'd have to get my DL sex changed to not run into various problems and I'm already super uncomfortable with how much the government knows about my genitals. None of that ever should have been the government's business to begin with.

You've discovered the transphobic argument.

We don't.

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.

So that people with an M on their passport can do obligatory military service

(Yes, I am salty about this, how'd you know?)

((Also I think that's the only remaining way in which people with an M or an F are treated differently where I live so at least we're making some progress I guess))

(((Oh also they need it to more effectively grope trans people at airport security)))

Because church and patriarchal society basically.

Medical issues.

Men and women have different anatomy and needs. Knowing your biological sex for medical reasons is kinda important.

Everywhere else, it's a social construct and does not matter in the slightest.

It's so the state can attack people. So it can control "marriage" privileges. Etc.

That... is a good point

It obviously did matter when same-sex marriages were not legal for example (some countries still do this...), but in most parts of the developed world today... yeah. I guess it does feel a bit grandfatherer-in right now

Obviously things such as the medical system need to know what biological sex someone is, but they don't have to tie into the legal system