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What is unnecessary gendered? (self.askbeehaw)

submitted 1 year ago by Idrunkenlysignedup to c/askbeehaw

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I was watching pro golf coverage on the news and it seems so odd that men and women compete separately - same goes with pro bowling. Just seems weird to me that a game of skill is gendered when you can't even raise an argument that someone might have an advantage because of what's between their legs.

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[–] reverendsteveii 1 points 1 year ago

okay but, assuming that things have to be gendered because they tend to be, do we derive social value from this particular configuration or from the existence of a default? there are plenty of cultures that acknowledge gender roles beyond man and woman. you're right inasmuch as I can't think of any society that has existed entirely absent some sort of system of gender roles, but to call the western gender binary universal is a bit of a stretch.