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I believe that for trans people, it's complicated with both the definition of sex and gender. But I don't think it's complicated for other people.
I think it's very bad to ask young children at the age of four what gender they want to be. All of this is creating so much insecurity and confusion it's not even funny anymore. I believe you when you say both gender and sex are really complicated, but I think that is not the case for non-trans people. It's nothing we think about even.
To me, it seems like everyone now is really confused and scared and don't know what gender is, or what sex is. I have lots of colleagues who are afraid to even talk about gender, because they don't want to be insensitive. And absolutely no joking about it. People are afraid.
I don't think that's how it should be in a society. I have nothing against trans but I really don't like this enormous fear, or the fact that children are forced to think about gender and sex when they should be children and just enjoy life.
Why are ordinary people afraid now to speak their minds about this? You can look at the downvotes these posts are getting to understand why. I tried understanding the other side of this, but I just get hate from the trans people every time.
What you're saying is that--FOR YOU--sex and gender is easy. You do not speak for all cisgender people, buddy. Some cisgender people ALSO struggle with their identity, and thus teaching children at a young age about gender identity and sex to allow them the freedom to explore their identities is helpful.
Your argument boils down to: People are too afraid and confused too talk about sex and gender... which is why we should stop talking about sex and gender.
No I don't think it's helpful, and I think it could be harmful actually. Like I said in my post, a lot of people feel it's difficult to talk about it without being attacked by trans people. So they are scared and stay silent.
Can you tell me how it is harmful to tell a child that being a girl or boy is more about whether you feel like you are a girl or boy than how you look?
Can you tell me how it is harmful to tell a child that some people have two moms or two dads?
Can you tell me how it is harmful to tell children not to make judgments about a person based on how they physically look, even if that judgment is something small like what gender they are?
This is what gender identity and sexual orientation lessons look like for young children, and I am really confused as to how these lessons are harnful to the youth.