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I don't agree with this. What I've been trying to tell you.
I don't identify as a man, I just do what's expected of me socially as a man. I fit every conventional definition of man, so I believe that's a very good descriptor and has utility. It helps that I fit the traditional role of a man too.
You mention kids learning what words mean through usage. So what is a child's conception of a woman? It's going to be based off roles within our society, not how someone feels.
Then you will forever misunderstand us.
You don't identify as a man? So, if you did things that society expects of women, would you be.. a woman.. then? Look, the dispassion is admirable, I just wasn't expecting you to be so loose about it.
It's gonna be faces of people they know along with liberal use of the word "woman" in their presence. I mean, do you understand an orange is like a banana the very first time you see one?
If I did things that society expects of women, then I would be a woman. Right.
I don't know what your point about the fruit is. Children have a working definition of what a woman is, it's a helpful description.
That's.. what you said, though. You're a man because you do things men do.
Okay. Do you know that oranges and bananas are both "fruit."
They're actually both berries, even.
Yes. I make an effort to present as a man because its convenient. Everyone identifies me as a man then it's a useful and accurate definition. I don't see there's an issue with this.
I still don't understand your point about berries.