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The thing is, gender identity is very much affected by sex too. Many outward behaviors that are often classified as masculine or feminine have roots in different hormone levels in the sexes. That's why I dislike that many attack gender roles and other social gender norms indiscriminately. Some of them have a basis in nature and it's healthy for the vast majority of people to embrace them. At the same time there shouldn't be any room for attacking those who don't follow the norms either. And of course some norms are just harmful. It's not so easy to just throw them all out.



> The thing is, gender identity is very much affected by sex too.

Affected by? Yes.

The same thing? No.

> That's why I dislike that many attack gender roles and other social gender norms indiscriminately.

Huh. That sounds like something I'd expect to read about firsthand on Tumblr moreso than something that reasonable people would do.

> At the same time there shouldn't be any room for attacking those who don't follow the norms either. And of course some norms are just harmful. It's not so easy to just throw them all out.

I think that's fair.




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