Think about all the "Congrats it's a girl/boy" cards that will be sent this year. Think of all of the bathroom plates depicting a woman as someone in a dress and a man as someone who does not. Think of the most basic thing that defines our society, sex: male and female. Despite what we have learned about biology and intersex, most of the Western world continues to exist as two, man and woman. Perhaps it derives from our Christian background, that God created man, and when man became lonely He gave to man a female companion.
Regardless of where it began or why, I suppose my question is how do we change it? As a society, how would we be able to make things gender neutral? Unfortunately we love in a society governed by money. Historically, there are numerous examples of ignorance, oppression, and the will of the few in power in our country. Gender neutrality is perhaps a more recent conversation in our history. I would bet many politicians are not even fully aware of it. For there to be action there needs to be dialogue.
While have been conditioned to recognize humans as male or female, perhaps it is time to understand what it means to be "man" or "women" and come accept any other definitions out there.
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