It's good to point out tensions within their ideological framework.
Judith Butler, probably the most influential of all these gender theorists, is clever enough to identify the tension, making her pose the question: "what does it mean to be comfortable with yourself as you are? Maybe we should be constantly changing ourselves, there is no "true" you"
That's a paraphrase, but I'm confident I got the gist of it. Here we see an interesting idea many of us are familiar with here: Humans are malleable and have nothing like a "nature"
That there are so many people that hold this idea today has concerning implications in my opinion.
Absolutely. I certainly don't believe that all human attributes are unchangeable. The "feel stupid become stupid" one is a good example.
I'll even grant that some behaviors that most see as being part of one's "gender" are shaped by social influences --certain customs and attitudes. And that sexuality is based partially on innate predisposition but also shaped in early childhood (=psychological factors, environment, etc.).
But the idea that we can (or should) change all aspects of ourselves might be based somewhat on the fact that we aren't grateful for what we are given as you say.
It's good to point out tensions within their ideological framework.
Judith Butler, probably the most influential of all these gender theorists, is clever enough to identify the tension, making her pose the question: "what does it mean to be comfortable with yourself as you are? Maybe we should be constantly changing ourselves, there is no "true" you"
That's a paraphrase, but I'm confident I got the gist of it. Here we see an interesting idea many of us are familiar with here: Humans are malleable and have nothing like a "nature"
That there are so many people that hold this idea today has concerning implications in my opinion.
Absolutely. I certainly don't believe that all human attributes are unchangeable. The "feel stupid become stupid" one is a good example.
I'll even grant that some behaviors that most see as being part of one's "gender" are shaped by social influences --certain customs and attitudes. And that sexuality is based partially on innate predisposition but also shaped in early childhood (=psychological factors, environment, etc.).
But the idea that we can (or should) change all aspects of ourselves might be based somewhat on the fact that we aren't grateful for what we are given as you say.