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David Guetta - Turn Me On ft. Nicki Minaj
HOLY MOTHER OF BALLS THIS IS AMAZING.
I will yell this from the mountaintops.
You can tell me, Jack. We can roleplay it.
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Gender essentialism is the assumption that women are naturally like this, while men are naturally like that, and nature made it so and anyone who deviates from that pattern is a freak. Most commonly it comes in the form of “women are naturally submissive and men are naturally dominant”.
This is an absolutely unprovable statement. It is an opinion, not a fact. Look at the amount of gender conditioning we receive from infancy: different colors for girls and boys (in some cultures), commercials proclaiming boys like toy guns and trucks while girls like dollies that pee. Throughout life, we are punished for deviating from our cultural gender norms, and yet very few people find it easy to avoid those deviations.
If it’s so natural, why all the conditioning?
"Jennifer Kesler, Why there will be no more gender essentialist comments allowed on this site (via avid)
I love this. I tire of gender essentialism, especially because whenever I ask people - intelligent, articulate people, even! - to elaborate and explain exactly what they mean by “women have certain traits and men have others,” the explanation disintegrates like wet toilet paper. (via whynotshesaid)
Strict binary gender is totally natural. Now give your boys blue trucks and teach them to play football or else they’ll become confused!
The only “essential” part of gender is that you don’t have to teach it to people. They’ll express their personal gender on their own if you let them. (via amydentata)
