It’s good that gender being a social construct is slowly becoming accepted. It’s also good that people are starting to realize that sex is complicated and there are no simple rules to determine someone’s sex.
I think the second half of your comment is true, but it is part of the push back against genders as social constructs. I wouldn’t agree that it’s becoming accepted. Most people either disagree or pay some lip service to the idea and then buy an all pink dress for their little girl because “it’s what she likes”
but it is part of the push back against genders as social constructs
I don’t think so, at least not exclusively. I think trans people are some of the people pushing it. They want to fit in, so they lean into things that are stereotypically part of that new gender. But, by doing that, they push out people who are of that gender, but have no interest in those stereotypical things. For example, I worked with a transgender woman. After she transitioned she started wearing lots of makeup, “girly” clothes, high heels, a fancy wig, and started leaning into her stereotypically female interests. But, this was at a tech job where many of the other women wore Star Wars tees and jeans, minimal or no makeup, and geeked out over keyboards and Linux distributions. I got the impression that they felt uncomfortable around the trans woman, because of the over-the-top approach.
I’m not trying to police her behaviour, and I can understand some reasons why she might have done it. I just think it’s unfortunate the effect it had on the other women around the office.
I think the second half of your comment is true, but it is part of the push back against genders as social constructs. I wouldn’t agree that it’s becoming accepted. Most people either disagree or pay some lip service to the idea and then buy an all pink dress for their little girl because “it’s what she likes”
I don’t think so, at least not exclusively. I think trans people are some of the people pushing it. They want to fit in, so they lean into things that are stereotypically part of that new gender. But, by doing that, they push out people who are of that gender, but have no interest in those stereotypical things. For example, I worked with a transgender woman. After she transitioned she started wearing lots of makeup, “girly” clothes, high heels, a fancy wig, and started leaning into her stereotypically female interests. But, this was at a tech job where many of the other women wore Star Wars tees and jeans, minimal or no makeup, and geeked out over keyboards and Linux distributions. I got the impression that they felt uncomfortable around the trans woman, because of the over-the-top approach.
I’m not trying to police her behaviour, and I can understand some reasons why she might have done it. I just think it’s unfortunate the effect it had on the other women around the office.