Present day black culture may be a result of subjugation, but African peoples had distinct cultures before white contact, as did Native Americans and Australian Aboriginals and of course countless other indigenous peoples.
I don't get your Catch-22 reference: surely it's possible to respect something which you believe has been socially constructed? That doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
What do genes have to do with when transgender people identify as another gender? None of them have grown up in a society without distinct constructed gender stereotypes. The oxytocin reference doesn't seem relevant to me either, that's like saying men are different because they produce sperm: we know that, it doesn't mean that there are huge or indeed any differences in brain chemistry.
I'm sure you know all the rubbish that's been believed in the past about gender differences: that men provided the foetus and the woman nothing; that women had wombs that wandered all over our bodies; that men can't be nurturing and all women are maternal ........ don't start me!
I don't see what's so threatening or radical about people being whoever they are without labelling certain characteristics feminine or masculine. I don't believe I'm either, sometimes I'm into cooking and craft and being bossed around in bed; other times I enjoy splitting firewood and being a strong leader. I can argue logically with the best & worst and also cry my eyes out over nothing much.
Is it normal I see a clear parallel with transgenders?
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Present day black culture may be a result of subjugation, but African peoples had distinct cultures before white contact, as did Native Americans and Australian Aboriginals and of course countless other indigenous peoples.
I don't get your Catch-22 reference: surely it's possible to respect something which you believe has been socially constructed? That doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
What do genes have to do with when transgender people identify as another gender? None of them have grown up in a society without distinct constructed gender stereotypes. The oxytocin reference doesn't seem relevant to me either, that's like saying men are different because they produce sperm: we know that, it doesn't mean that there are huge or indeed any differences in brain chemistry.
I'm sure you know all the rubbish that's been believed in the past about gender differences: that men provided the foetus and the woman nothing; that women had wombs that wandered all over our bodies; that men can't be nurturing and all women are maternal ........ don't start me!
I don't see what's so threatening or radical about people being whoever they are without labelling certain characteristics feminine or masculine. I don't believe I'm either, sometimes I'm into cooking and craft and being bossed around in bed; other times I enjoy splitting firewood and being a strong leader. I can argue logically with the best & worst and also cry my eyes out over nothing much.