Why LGBT+ people say gender roles are a social construct and they aren’t important while at the same time they give so much importance to gender role at the point they want to be perceived as what they biologically aren’t?

  • rocci
    181·
    9 days ago

    From https://www.coe.int/en/web/gender-matters/sex-and-gender

    Sex refers to “the different biological and physiological characteristics of males and females, such as reproductive organs, chromosomes, hormones, etc.” Gender refers to "the socially constructed characteristics of women and men – such as norms, roles and relationships of and between groups of women and men. It varies from society to society and can be changed.

    So people want to be seen as the same gender as they feel they are, this seems reasonable to me.

    Also from that same site:

    Traditional gender norms are hierarchical: they presuppose an unequal power structure related to gender that disadvantages mostly women.

    People don’t think there should be an inherent advantage to being male, which I also think is quite reasonable.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
      81·
      9 days ago

      What are you talking about “no advantages to being a male”??? We can stuff a glow stick up our eurethra, and have cock sword fights while making lightsaber sounds!!! Vrrmmmm vrrrmmm CLASH! CLASH! Vrrrrm!!!

      We can write our name in the snow in cursive.

      We can push the elevator button with our hands full if we think about Aubrey Plaza.

      We can helicopter.

      Plus, we can slap other guys butts in the shower, provided we just played at least 60 minutes worth of a team based sport!

      No benefits…pssshhhh…removed please!