> What is gender if it isn't a way to think about the world?
The answer is obvious -- it's a way to very reliably misinterpret everyday reality. In the same way that to a hammer everything is a nail, to a gender theorist everything is a gender issue.
As long as black, brown and red people are thought of as something other than people, we have a serious race issue.
In the same way, as long as men and women are thought of as something other than people, we have a serious gender issue.
Do you think that race is a constructive way to think about the world? No? Then why would gender be?
lutusp|13 years ago
The answer is obvious -- it's a way to very reliably misinterpret everyday reality. In the same way that to a hammer everything is a nail, to a gender theorist everything is a gender issue.
As long as black, brown and red people are thought of as something other than people, we have a serious race issue.
In the same way, as long as men and women are thought of as something other than people, we have a serious gender issue.
Do you think that race is a constructive way to think about the world? No? Then why would gender be?