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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Sex is biology, gender is sociology.

It is the spectrum between feminine and masculine, where we as a society decide which traits fall where. This changes per culture.

[–] MamLaLiq 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also how much you will earn. I was paid a quarter less than my male colleagues (ICT).

80s joke

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it changes by culture, then each culture will have their own definition. So if we ask a Texan Redneck and a Swedish Librarian, we will get two very different answers. But they both might be right in their culture.

Culture does not have borders. You and your neighbour have different cultures. So I believe this is nothing you can argue about, unless you specify a definition first. It does not have to be a global definition, it does not have to apply to all people, it doesn’t even have to make sense.

The definition will make it possible to discuss the topic. When the definition is precise, it will be a very short discussion. The interesting part is coming up with that definition and figuring out what aspects you want to include and what you deem not relevant.

[–] zazo 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I agree that OP's explanation right above is precise and short.

Obviously every culture has their own definition of things (same way Japanese people considered blue and green to be the same colour) but that doesn't mean either is right, they're both made up to serve a purpose.

Eg. It's useful to break down the gender spectrum as it allows us to be more precise and descriptive with our language, same way it can be useful to differentiate between blue and green. Still, if you're blue-green colour blind you probably don't really care if someone else has two words for what you perceive to be the same colour..