Gender is a social construct

What people think gender is: boy/girl. What gender actually is: Malleable social construct. Artist: Based on work by @blessthismess

This page is a resource explaining general sociological concepts of sex and gender. The examples I cover are focused on experiences of otherness.

It’s true that gender is a complex idea that means something different to every person. But this doesn’t give us much of an idea about how queer genders are experienced by people. It's in every feminist’s best interest to listen and pay attention to trans people, so let’s explore some common ways gender is experienced by people in the trans community.

“I don’t know any real researcher of human behavior who would say it’s all nature or all nurture.”

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Gender is a social construct.

Because sex/gender changes are physically impossible, contortions to language are necessary in order to sell the procedures.

After decades of controversy over damaging body image, toy company Mattel claims Barbie's shape is designed to make her clothes fit more easily

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