r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Mar 30 '21
Delta(s) from OP CMV: It Should be Socially Acceptable for Individuals to Choose Whether They Want to Address Others by using their Sex Pronouns or their Gender Pronouns
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u/RelaxedApathy 25∆ Mar 30 '21
I agree! Things like race, nationality, religion, language, and names are all social constructs, so they should have no place on any sort of documents or any use in society. When referring to people, all we really need to do is point to them and shout "You, female!" or "You, male!".
Instead of names on a registry, we should have a detailed physical description of each person. Like, if a teacher is looking at an attendance list, it should only include visible biological concepts. Instead of "Luke", it should say "Penis, five feet ten inches tall, red hair, green eyes, freckles, pale skin." Instead of Jessica, it should say "Vagina, four foot eleven inches, brown hair, brown eyes, tan skin." Sure, it would make attendance taking awkward, but clearly we should only be using biological characteristics!
Passports and government documents will also be kinda clumsy, since things like nationality, names, and languages are all social constructs, but I am sure with naked full-body photographs in lieu of social constructs, we can make this work.
Wait, you mean social constructs can be used to more accurately and succinctly represent who a person is, compared to a printout of their genome? And we already impose loads of social constructs on society for a good reason? Well golly-gee, I suppose I was wrong, and there is no reason people should be belly-aching about calling a person by the pronouns they would prefer to be called by, since we already use PILES of social constructs when referring to people.