tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668652011781121325.post5190192966570340302..comments2024-02-13T14:24:33.758+05:30Comments on Blissful Life: How Many Genders Are There In Our Languages?Akshay S Dineshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13477111115934396454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668652011781121325.post-30686036667994967222020-07-25T09:19:06.847+05:302020-07-25T09:19:06.847+05:30There is a conversation about sex being a spectrum...There is a conversation about sex being a spectrum https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa-visual/visualizing-sex-as-a-spectrum/<br /><br />I think eventually, technology will dilute sex even when it comes to reproduction. It will be possible for everyone, no matter what their DNA, to have children of their own DNA.Akshay S Dineshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477111115934396454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668652011781121325.post-8362440584151163432020-04-13T10:58:00.619+05:302020-04-13T10:58:00.619+05:30A key takeaway for me from this post is the differ...A key takeaway for me from this post is the difference between gender identity and (sexual) orientation.<br /><br />We are not addressing the root cause for usage of wrong pronouns. When we have to address someone, we don't necessarily need to know or assert their gender identity or sexual orientation. Using generic pronouns would be most appropriate. For example, nobody needs to know/assert the identity of someone's child all the time, they could be provided with the information on demand. Using generic terms respect gender identity privacy and keep conversations within context.<br /><br />Shifting to generic addressing creates an abstraction and helps reduce gender discrimination even among cis-gendered people.<br /><br />Often, I feel that the only way to empower different groups or classes of people is not to provide more opportunity to oppressed groups but to make things equal by removing the classification from irrelevant systems, while also respecting their identity. This may be more relevant on a different discussion.<br /><br />English is a language that has seen widespread usage owing to its versatility and flexibility. It adapted and swallowed a large set of root words from other languages to achieve this. For us to keep evolving how we express, it's important to adapt our language actively and bring about a change.<br /><br />Thinking of the origin of trans-gender and the cause for gender fluidity, I think it is a part of evolution. We are make up of DNA from two parents(opposite gendered) and it mixes and matches. As this process progresses, (cis)gender identity dilutes and we end up with gender fluidity. So I see gender fluid people as a more evolved version of people.<br /><br />While gender identity and expression are tolerant towards fluidity, the principle laws of nature are still cis. Which is why sexual orientation still conforms to the cis model. Which is every person either like males, females, neither or both. I see this as a problem to my previous observation that gender identity will dilute as things progress. If everybody have to revert to the cis model when it comes to sexual orientation and reproduction, things can get a little messy.Shreevari SPnoreply@blogger.com