By: Quod Libet
The word “gender” has never meant one’s identity determined by their thoughts or words, and despite woke claims to the contrary, the word gender means the exact same thing as one’s sex. Thus, sex and gender are entirely synonymous and determined biologically, with no regard to a subject’s mental state. The human race is purely a binary. We are all either male or female, there are no other classifications. So, how then has the word gender come to mean one’s self-proclaimed identity, totally detached from their DNA or anatomy? By the fraudulent actions of misguided transgender alchemists who have deceitfully and improperly sought to reengineer our language. That’s how. The stubborn fact remains that nobody’s gender has ever changed, or ever will. Definitions are being illegitimately changed to falsely sanction a perverse obliquity.
The woke advance a theory that is total nonsense. The new, unauthorized woke re-definition of gender was conjured up by disordered transgender activists to buttress their preposterous theory. Thus, the redefining of words is a ploy brought to bear that makes their Kafkaesque fiction loosely resemble fact, albeit remotely to savvy observers. This phony process was incremental. Back in the 1950’s the term “gender roles” was commonly used as it pertained to male/female societal norms. Bricklayers and firemen were men; nurses and teachers were women. Such vocations conformed to familiar gender roles.
Over time, and for better or worse, the feminist movement of the 1960s (and beyond) has sought to invalidate and set aside these gender stereotypes, not without consequential results. Even though traditional gender roles and distinctions have largely been erased, gender roles remain a legitimate term because they still acknowledge gender as the male/female binary, determined (as always) by biology. A generation ago, a new and insidious meaning of gender made its advent, and it was no accident. The following, referring to the end of the 20th Century (the 1990s), is straight outta’ Webster’s Dictionary: “Later in the century, gender also came to have application in two closely related compound terms: gender identity refers to a person’s internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male nor female; gender expression refers to the physical and behavioral manifestations of one’s gender identity. By the end of the century, gender by itself was being used as a synonym of gender identity.” But what it is and what you think it is can be two different things.
There you have it, trans language is cunningly crafted to support the false trans theory. Gender has always meant what you are, male or female, determined biologically. But a generation ago, gender was audaciously redefined by woke transgender activists to reflect one’s thoughts, totally disregarding science. I thought the left worshipped at the altar of science. Biology is science, but the woke ignore it in favor of an absurd, agenda-driven misrepresentation. A “minute of angle” perspective clearly reveals woke asininity. A wider field of view unmasks a much larger, far-reaching conspiracy. More on that later.
First used in the year of our Lord 1974, the bogus term “transgender” is itself a blameworthy misnomer. The prefix “trans” means to change or transfer to the other side. We’ve already established that sex and gender are synonymous, established before birth, determined biologically, and one hundred percent unchangeable. One’s gender and the male/female binary are fixed physical characteristics that cannot be changed by any means. In reality, one’s gender is not trans-able, however, what one thinks and how one identifies is. How one self-identifies is entirely a product of the mind. Declaring oneself to be a man or a woman while in open denial of the physical evidence is not unlawful, but it certainly doesn’t make it so.
Another dubious lie translated into woke doctrine involves the term “gender-fluid,” daresaying that one’s gender can be changed, and beyond that, in some cases, it can change as frequently as one might change one’s mind. Science informs anyone willing to think rationally that one’s gender is permanently fixed from before birth and absolutely unalterable. Gender is not, never was, and never will be fluid. The transgender theory espousing that gender transmutability is actually possible and well within the realm of normalcy is an unmitigated lie. This transgender lie is now ubiquitous and pervasive, gaining substantial traction in woke circles, and it has garnered quasi-mainstream recognition due to its reiterative nature.
“Repeat a lie often enough, and it becomes the truth.” This quote can be attributed to Vladimir Lenin or Joseph Goebbels; pick your poison. Language is powerful. Language, when it’s abused, is especially powerful, like this bit of trans absurdity: “The experts have determined that men can become women simply by their thoughts or words, and even more so with the aid of artificial hormones and an affirming taste of the cosmetic surgery du jour.” Deliberately underhanded and crafted to deceive, woke doublespeak (oft-repeated) has sold the hideous transgender lie to a third of the country. Now, that’s power.
Given that one’s gender is never changed via any transgender thought, action, or procedure, then what exactly is changed?
Biology (and thus, sex/gender) cannot be changed, but language can be. Factually speaking, woke transgender theory (in conjunction with unapt, newfangled medical science) has never really changed anybody to align with their self-perceptive identity. But what the transgender myth cannot change, duplicitous transgender language can. If you’re female, every cell in your body contains DNA with two X sex chromosomes. Undeniably then, you’re a woman, and even for women who think or feel otherwise, becoming a man is never an option. Contrary to woke dishonesties, the term “transgender” really means the illegitimate reconfiguring of language and not the gender transition of human beings in any authentic capacity.
You are what you are according to reality. Right? But if you’re promoting a reprobate delusion, then I reckon you’d prefer this variation: “You are what you think you are, even (or especially) if that notion is entirely divorced from reality.” Woke linguistic sleight-of-hand has insinuated this absurd axiom into nearly every influential field, institution, and organization including government, the news media, education, entertainment, corporate boardrooms, and even the pulpit in certain cases. Morally and historically speaking, Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed through and through for a lesser depravity.
The word “cisgender” is a fallacious construct, peculiar to the woke, transgender movement. According to woke parlance, the term cisgender applies to a person whose self-identity corresponds to their anatomy. But we already know that one’s gender is never determined by thoughts, whether they be rational or irrational. Totally separate from a person’s thoughts, biological reality is the scientific and exclusive determinant of gender. Without exception, people are either male or female. Thought, imagination, and self-concept are immaterial and play absolutely no role in the determination of gender.
Cisgender is another example of new, woke nomenclature without a need. We already have a common word that means the same thing as cisgender: that word is “normal.” Of course, the woke avoid words like “normal” because their use implies the existence of something abnormal. And normalizing the abnormal is a chief objective among woke, transgender activists.
Webster’s Dictionary defines a gender-bender as: “A person who dresses and behaves like a member of the opposite sex.” Here again, we witness the recurrent bastardization of language that undergirds far-fetched transgender theory. One’s gender is a fixed characteristic, it cannot be bent, broken, or altered in any capacity. Trans language is contrived to legitimize alternative lifestyle choices. The woke would have us believe that one’s gender-nonconforming sexual identity and expression are intrinsic, and thus, such manifestations are genuine, affirming, even requisite, and never a matter of choice. Poppycock! When was the last time you had sex that it wasn’t (your) choice? Every sex act between consenting adults is always a choice.
In woke rigmarole, “misgendering” means to assume and/or specify the gender of another without regard to how the other party identifies. Some trans-adherents claim that misgendering constitutes a microaggression, even actual violence against the subject. But we know that mere words are not violence. Misgendering is woke doublespeak taken to the extreme. To begin with, the way to determine your own gender is to look in the mirror. There are only two possible conclusions, male or female, and this irrevocable binary is exclusively arrived at by a cursory plumbing inspection (inside or outside).
Have trans people forgotten that others are perfectly capable of recognizing one’s gender via obvious visual cues, or has wokeness made it necessary to ignore that fact? If a consensus of your peers is that you are what you are, but you think (or feel) that you are what you aren’t, perhaps the misunderstanding resides in the recesses of your mind. And if your trusted physician identifies you as male (a man), but you identify as a woman, then is it not you who has misgendered yourself?
Of course, this leads us to another preposterous transgender premise. That is the woke falsity that we choose our own pronouns. The only self-imposed pronouns we utilize are I, me, mine, and myself. I’m sorry, but the rest are appropriately reserved for others to determine and apply. The following (he, she and they, him, her and them, his, hers and their) are left up to the observer, not the subject. Trans activists have introduced an ever-expanding superfluity of made-up pronouns for nonconformists of every stripe to choose from, including such gibberish as xem, zir, and hirself. And the list goes on.
A popular self-proclaimed woke pronoun is “they.” Actually, “they” applies to two or more individuals, not to one individual. And yet, a demanding, gender-nonconforming person might insist on being referred to as “they.” What then, should we say that “They is coming to the party” or “They are coming to the party”? “Is” is meant for one person? Coupled with “they” it’s grammatically incorrect. “Are” is meant for two or more, so it’s factually inaccurate. Oh, bother. Woke nonsense serves no practical purpose and it invariably leads to unintended (or possibly intended) negative consequences. Have you noticed?
To be continued, Quod Libet
