I was originally going to ask how many legal genders there should be, but I fail to see a compelling argument against 0.

  • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
    101·
    6 days ago

    Many users have mentioned medical reasons, but there are also a bunch of legal privileges that only one gender has. In my country,

    • Some number of jobs (usually 33%) are reserved for women. Some states reserve a small number of jobs for transpeople / intersex / third gender people.
    • Maternity leave > paternity leave
    • Many government schemes are only for women.
    • In a divorce, if the children do not have strong preferences for either parent, they are sent with the mother.
    • At night, women cannot be kicked out of trains for travelling without tickets.
    • Women can only be searched / arrested by policewomen.
    • Religious accomodations, like Sikh men but not women having a right to carry knives in high-security areas.
    • In Delhi and nearby areas, men are less likely to get sexually assualted.
      • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        4 days ago

        Also a disturbing amount of sexual assaults, particularly around Delhi. (Men getting assaulted by women is rare enough that we haven’t had to make rules specifically for it.) During the recent protests a policeman harassed a female protestor after arresting her, despite the rule that only policewomen should arrest women. Now most police forces aren’t as bad as Delhi police, but that bar is underground.