• bighi@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    And if person A refuses to accept person B for who they are, that doesn’t define person B. It defines person A as an asshole.

    Agree. And that sentence is not only valid for gender, it’s for any other cultural label (like genders are).

    If I say that I’m a gamer, or a fan of star wars, or whatever, and you’re spending your energy trying to convince the world I’m not what I said… it says much more about you than about me.

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      that sentence is not only valid for gender, it’s for anything other cultural label (like genders are).

      How about race? Can white people elect to be Black?

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        Using the original comment’s delineation as a guide: Nationality and ethnicity are cultural; i.e., akin to gender. Race is phenotypic; i.e., akin to sex. So, no.