spiderwort@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agoIdentity politics and universal pseudonymity arose at the same time.message-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11message-squareIdentity politics and universal pseudonymity arose at the same time.spiderwort@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squarespiderwort@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 months agoBut it didn’t become a big thing till the last decade, IE when we all got on social media. A hundred genders. New pronouns. This is a new thing.
minus-squareS_204@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThere’s been like 9 variations of gender in the Hebrew biblical books for thousands of years… This isn’t new, but the bigotry towards it is. Kinda like how being Homo was fine in Roman times but not in Confederate times. Hate is a social construct.
But it didn’t become a big thing till the last decade, IE when we all got on social media.
A hundred genders. New pronouns. This is a new thing.
There’s been like 9 variations of gender in the Hebrew biblical books for thousands of years…
This isn’t new, but the bigotry towards it is. Kinda like how being Homo was fine in Roman times but not in Confederate times. Hate is a social construct.