There is no gender, only personality

[Sleepingzombie]

Yosha!
My name´s Adam and I think that there actually is no "women" or "men", only different persons, or personalitys. you could express it like this: "Masculinity" is not male and "femeninity" is not female, they are two different collections of atributes,personalitys and atidudes and other factors of the same category. Apart from the different reproduction organs i mean, as i right now anyways dont beleive they matter that much.
I have been thinking this, as many of friends are like me. Regardless of gender we are like twins, think the same things, the same way,at the same time and have similiar views. I´m a 18 year-old open dude. On the subject many people that i meet in my school and class behave in gender-typical ways, and it seems to me that they are insecure.
So what I would like to discuss are:

are there genders?
Is there such a thing as womanly behavior and manly?
Is it not how you personaly are?
Or, am Adam nuts?

 

[Amnestic]

Uh, no. Even barely into my first year of Psychology, I know for a (scientifically accepted) fact that there are genders and that they're different.

You, Adam, are nuts I'm afraid.

 

[WrongSprite]

Have you looked downwards lately?

Also, there really is gender specific behaviour, open your eyes.

 

[The_ModeRazor]

I'll go with the last.
Adam is nuts.

 

[Jared]

Uh, no. Even barely into my first year of Psychology, I know for a (scientifically accepted) fact that there are genders and that they're different.

You, Adam, are nuts I'm afraid.

Agreed. There is different ways of working, and, people will think different ways depending on the Gender. You will always have people who do not fit into the rules, but, that is the same with everything.

I wouldn't go so far as to say your nuts, prehaps, maybe over-thinking the situation?

 

[Woodsey]

Enjoying the irony that someone called Adam is saying there's no such thing as male and female.

And yes, there is such a thing. Proof: XX and XY.

Oh, and that thing dangling between your legs (I'm assuming) should sort of swing things in favour of the "there is" argument.

 

[fenrizz]

1. There quite obviously are genders, yes.

2. Yes, there is such a thing as womanly and manly behavior. From the first day man saw the light of day there has been gender "roles".
Woman have their strong points, and weak points. As do men.

3. No, I don't believe so.
Sure, some men have female traits and vice versa. But in the big picture I (personally) think that it evens out, with a more traditional distribution of traits in both males and females.

 

[El Poncho]

I have a penis, woman don't, there for she is of the female gender and I am of the male gender.

 

[Amnestic]

I think considering some of the responses I need to point out that Sex=/=Gender.

While they're often interchangeable, Sex is what dangly bits you do or don't have whereas gender is more the mindset, personality, reactions and thought processes. Basically your sex is almost certainly biological, whereas your gender can be the social role and gender identity.

In general conversation they're one and the same, but apparently some sociologists/psychologists get really antsy if you mix the two up. Or so my lecturer said anyway >_>

 

[Sleepingzombie]

Looking past the initial layers, how come I who,by others is regarded to behave in a masculine way have several friends-that-are-girls who behave like me?.
For clarification,in body yes, there are differances in mind?
that is what i would like you to write .

 

[Gethsemani_v1legacy]

It might be interesting to know that sex is our biological defintion (XX or XY cromosomes) whereas gender is actually a social definition. The definition of Gender is decided by society and it is this definition that we imprint on our children (By exposure to society and our own beliefs). So, you are onto something Adam. Gender-identity is definately a part of your personality but how much it affects it varies from individual to individual.

 

[crotalidian]

I think as a purely philosophical view this has credibility but there are some serious biological issues to be dealt with first. I think this article would read more favourably as a race commentary as to why there are no indivdual races and just personalities. this has less of a biological barrier and people would see it as a good positive way to view the situation.

I like the Idea. I fyou do psycology i would write a project on it and see where it goes

 

[Atheist.]

Uh, no. Even barely into my first year of Psychology, I know for a (scientifically accepted) fact that there are genders and that they're different.

You, Adam, are nuts I'm afraid.

Actually, gender is defined as acting the accepted role of a certain sex. Sex is defined on which parts you actually have.

Looks like post 13 beat me to it.

 

[Dawntheif]

If your sexually confused (like it sounds you are but wording it to make it sound otherwise) then go shag both sex's and whichever you prefer, you are. You also might be bi.

Also everyone is insecure, even people who aren't are.

 

[The Maddest March Hare]

It currently seems about half the posters so far haven't differentiated between gender and sex.

Your sex is what is determined by your physical attributes. We only need to look between our legs to see which sex we are.

But gender is harder to define, it's mostly mindset. There are links to gender and sex, but a lot of people are very ambiguous in their actions.

I see what you are getting at, a lot of men and women are becoming stuck into a rut of sex specific stereotypes, which in turn effects the way their gender is portrayed. Men who act macho seem to be insecure in their gender, and maybe feel the need to reinforce it. While a lot of it is based on your personality, a lot more is based on gender specific traditions. Men who fuss over appearance, hair and fashion are usually considered to be acting "womanly", and a woman who plays a lot of full contact sports is viewed as "tomboyish". But is that just us labelling them as male and female activities so we can easily categorise them in our heads and thus affect our opinions on these people?

Sorry, I appear to have answered you question with another question. Food for thought though.

 

[cmdrkeen86]

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Ryuk2]

Woah? There are genders. You can see them by going out and looking around.

 

[Kpt._Rob]

Gender is an important factor OF personality. Yes, there are some social constructs (or gender roles) that might not exist if humans were taken outside of the context of our current society, that said, there is real scientific evidence that quite plainly demonstrates that there are real differences between genders.

To put it as simply as I can, your brain (the organ from which your personality is derrived) is a series of bio-chemical impulses. If you change the chemicals, you change the way in which your brain works, meaning that you change your personality. It is a scientific fact that the chemicals in men's bodies and in women's bodies ARE different. The chemicals in men's and women's brains are different. Therefore (while there are some exceptions) as a general rule there is a genuine gender difference between men and women.

 

[Phyroxis]

Are there genders?

Yes because we have penis's and vagina's on men and women. Once men are readily being born with vagina's about 1/2 of the population, I'll say there are no genders.

Behavior?

Yes

Adam:

You surely aren't nuts. This is deep and has some credit to it in a philosophical way, but biologically it's false.

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You got sexes and genders mixed up. Sex is the physical determination, ie penis. Gender is the assumed behavior and persona. One is determined by genetics the other is determined largely by society and differentiation during childhood.