> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 1 topic, 15 evergreens</em></s> #### [[Gender is a social construct]] Current discussion of [[gender roles]], [[Patriarchy]], [[feminism]], [[sexism]] often revolve around the emphasis of this in our culture over the last 200 years, but the social construction of gender is a process that began before we split from chimps. A [[social construct]] does not have to be recent, rather it is our intuitive understanding of how our [[Evolutionary Psychology]] impacts our [[human behavior]] to produce our understanding of [[socialization]], or in this case [[gender schema]]. [[Our understanding of gender begins at a very early age|We experience gender at an early age]], and through behaviors like [[gender segregation]] ^[[[Gender segregation increases gendered play]]] and [[Gender self-socialization model|gender self-socialization]] ^[[[Trans children will repress their dysphoria if they have been effectively taught it is unacceptable]]] we develop a [[gender schema]]. But despite these strong roots for our gender, we still observe that [[Gender has historically been non-binary]] and [[Biology supports the validity of trans people]]. ##### Why is [[gender]] such a debated topic in recent [[history]]? The answer is unfortunately in [[Politics]], and the [[Rise of Modern Conservatism]]. [[Transgender people]] people have been demonized in our [[society]], and [[religion|religious]] fundamentalism has caused endless [[childhood]] [[trauma]]: [[Non-faith issues have been co-opted to keep people in the Christian church]] Especially within the last thirty years, trans activists have built support for the [[Queer community]], and pushed doctors and the government to support treatment for [[gender dysphoria]]. They have advocated that [[Any experience of gender is acceptable]] and improved the lives of trans people, but as these beliefs have become more main stream they have received backlash. The prominence of the [[gender binary]] in our [[socialization]], the politicization of [[gender]], and the fact [[Every person has an experience of gender]], means that a lot of personal and systemic [[privilege]] comes with being [[cis|cisgender]]. ^[[[You will never be pushed to understand marginalization unless you are part of a marginalized group]] talks about the [[ignorance]] that is inherent in being in the most [[privilege|privileged]] social group.] Most people's [[gender schema]] does not allow for [[gender non-conformity]], and they implicitly understand that allowing for that will attack their place in the [[Patriarchy]]. ^[[[Patriarchy convinces young men that they can and should be oppressors]]] For this reason, [[transphobia]] is more prominent in men (see [[Masculinism]]) and [[religion|religious]] people, but unfortunately it has also invaded [[feminism|feminist]] spaces and created the phenomena of [[TERFS]]. ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/GREEN *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[gender]], [[human experience]], [[Psychology]]