Sex and gender are salient and convenient categories. Or are they? One challenge is the existence of ambiguous cases and the demand for extra categories. These efforts may be well intentioned but at the limit, they well spell the breakdown of any gender-based categorization. At the limit (and I am pointing this out by way of thought experiment), each person will remain uncategorized or rather form a category of one. One of the psychological casualties of this end state would be the person’s inability to have a gender-based social identity (there would only be a personal identity), and there could be no fight for gender equality. But again, categorization is obligatory; it will continue. … [Read more...] about Gender Wrap
