Has the world put too much emphasis in gender for ones identity?

I've been thinking about this for a few days. Is it morally wrong of the world to say:

1. How one should behave because of ones gender.
2. How one should think because of ones gender.
3. How one should dress because of ones gender.


Think about it. If a girl behaves like a boy is it society's right to tell her to act differently? What about how they think or dress? Whatever a person does it is surely their own right as long as it harms no one else?

Though how far can we push that ideal however. At what point do we say "hey we think you have a mental illness". Do we ever reach that point?

Redundant debate forthcoming…

Strange discussion. I thought liberals already murdered gender identity?

"The world" as in human beings?

In general, the human mind is both very limited and very clever.

Basically, the brain is really good at "filling gaps" and it needs to be, because we have almost nothing but gaps.

This is what happens when one human being encounters another human being. We know next to nothing about a person when we meet them, but our brain needs a complete image to preserve sanity. So, it fills gaps with an extremely high speed as needed to process the concept of another person - and we end up putting each other into tiny little boxes that match the image we generate.

Only AFTER we have that initial, but surprisingly complete, image - do we start to replace imaginary features with something closer to reality. A lot of people prefer their imagination and will only replace the fantasy with reality when they absolutely have to.

"The world" is a bunch of human beings that function in this way.

When you realise that, you'll get a pretty good idea about the value of how gender is perceived by the average human being.

Originally Posted by DArtagnan
"The world" as in human beings?

In general, the human mind is both very limited and very clever.

Basically, the brain is really good at "filling gaps" and it needs to be, because we have almost nothing but gaps.

This is what happens when one human being encounters another human being. We know next to nothing about a person when we meet them, but our brain needs a complete image to preserve sanity. So, it fills gaps with an extremely high speed as needed to process the concept of another person - and we end up putting each other into tiny little boxes that match the image we generate.

Only AFTER we have that initial, but surprisingly complete, image - do we start to replace imaginary features with something closer to reality. A lot of people prefer their imagination and will only replace the fantasy with reality when they absolutely have to.

"The world" is a bunch of human beings that function in this way.

When you realise that, you'll get a pretty good idea about the value of how gender is perceived by the average human being.

Interesting point. Why is it that way though? As human beings are we incapable of a live and let live policy? I always believed what you said is a learned trait, are we sure that kind fo thing is "hard coded" into a persons psyche?

Originally Posted by Damian
Interesting point. Why is it that way though? As human beings are we incapable of a live and let live policy? I always believed what you said is a learned trait, are we sure that kind fo thing is "hard coded" into a persons psyche?

All human beings have that potential - but it's relatively rare to meet someone who's genuinely capable of living and letting live.

Most people use learning experiences established in early life as principles - again because it's easier than to constantly reflect and re-evaluate. Problem with principles is that they're rigid and they're often based on completely unique experiences that will never happen again in exactly the same way. People prefer the fantasy of a principle being correct in all situations where it could potentially apply - to the reality that most things in the world are complex and extremely hard to establish with certainty.

We're creatures of habit and our habits are the bars in our mental prison.

Hard to argue against good logic. Well played DArt.

Originally Posted by Damian
Hard to argue against good logic. Well played DArt.

Thank you