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new genders
Abolish the two available genders and create new ones | |
I'm sick of male and female. So is everyone else, really, or why are gender roles breaking down so dramatically? I say we need new genders.
From now on, society will not organize around the male/female distinction, but around some other arbitrary distinction, such as belly button alignment. Innies
and outies will be segregated from birth, differently socialized, sent to opposite bathrooms, etc. Marriage between two innies or two outies will scandalize all of us. John Gray will publish books on why our belly button determines our communication style. Amphomphalotics (persons of ambiguous navel concavity) will be mocked mercilessly.
Comparing genitalia, by contrast, will become an amusing party game.
The Biology of Truffles
http://www.discover...00/featbiology.html
"Mushroom sex is infernal; it's very complicated," [angel, Mar 22 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]
Fungi Sex
http://www-class.un...s/fungi/fungi2.html
[angel, Mar 22 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]
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Well, this sure would control the population problem. On average, only half the "couples" would be able to procreate. And if they were to, they'd have to break a monogamous relationship. |
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Propose this idea to divorce lawyers. You'll be their hero. |
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The "breakdown of gender roles" is not new. Other cultures have been through this at various times in history, but we've survived somehow, and always with our gender identities intact. |
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Brilliant idea! But I'm under the impression that naval
concavity is more controlled by how the umbilical cord is
tied off than anything genetic. Meaning that new parents
would force doctors to make their new infants either
innies or outies on demand, depending on their
preference. |
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What we need is a feature that is genetically determined,
but still completely arbitrary. How about earlobes -
detached versus attached? Or cleft chin vs. no cleft? |
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(Perhaps my problem with the bellybutton suggestion
really stems from the fact that I am a person of ambiguous
naval concavity, and don't want to be mocked
mercilessly.) |
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Some people could have stars on
their bellies, and other people
could have plain bellies... |
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Tampering with cultural norms is something I'm generally in favor of. But doing social experiments on children isn't. Also, you're creating as many arbitrary and oppressive rules as you're getting rid of. I want less rules, not more. |
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A while ago I picked up a book on the sex lives of invertebrates in a used book store. They do some weird stuff, lemme tell you. (Though not as weird as Mephista's fungi.) |
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Would "gender indeterminate" classify as a third gender? If so, there's a person down the street from me that's got a few years on your idea. |
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//an amusing party game// |
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That brings back memories... |
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I tried fungi sex but there wasn't mushroom to move. |
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Interestingly, like some frogs, the "sex" of the individual would change at various points of their life..most notibly from early infancy to the toddler stage where the cute little tummy enlarges to meet the increasing needs of nutrient for the unbelievable growth that is happening...there are the people who go from fat to incredibly thin who would be 'changing sex' according to this description! What next? Mole counting? |
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