Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it’s actually pretty popular.

Do you have some that’s really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?

    • Jakylla@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      81·
      2 years ago

      We should remove the gender information from ID and other documents unrelated to the gender

      (Maybe kept the XX or XY mark on medical papers though, may be useful to avoid death from medical poisoning, but even your gender and sexual preferences have nothing to do here, so no gender mark neither)

    • dianne@beehaw.org
      5·
      2 years ago

      I think a little bit it’s just that people typically like labels. They want to fit neatly into their little labeled box and the more labels they have, the more unique and/or complete they feel.

      I really rejected labels as a teen, I hated the idea of it. Now I realize they can be useful for some things, and you know, if my trans brother feels better because his label is now male, that’s fine it doesn’t hurt me any to call him what makes him feel good.

        • richieadler 🇦🇷@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          If it’s not just your body-type then what is it? Why do we need it? Isn’t it easier to not assign any genders at all? Just be who you want to be and love who you want to love!

          That would be lovely if they weren’t a lot of heavily armed persons willing to kill you or make you suffer if you act that way.

    • richieadler 🇦🇷@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      However I don’t see why genders are necessary. We are all unique human beings and there’s no need to label everyone to a specific gender.

      And if many people (specially, even if not exclusively, in a certain country whose name I’ll avoid mentioning) didn’t have as their favorite passtime “kill the freak”, where “freak” is anyone not belonging to their narrow definition of acceptability, difference would truly be unremarkable. However, reality doesn’t seem to be working well for those folks, and they need a way to identify each other to provide community and to feel less alone and, maybe, to defend each other.