The end of gender?
http://feministing.com/2011/06/29/the-end-of-gender/6/29/11
By Miriam
The media has been aflutter lately with gender panic. News of genderless children, boys with pink toenails and now genderless preschools have had the press questioning whether we might be at the end of gender.
I can only dream.
Gender, if we look past the headlines, is alive and well. And to be honest, I would never push for the end of gender. Despite identifying as genderqueer myself (which I define as a recognition of my discomfort with the gender I was assigned at birth–female), I would never advocate for a move toward a gender-blind society. On the one hand I think it's an unrealistic goal, and on the other hand I think gender is pretty damn cool. I think it gives us a context through which to express ourselves, understand ourselves, relate to our bodies and to the world.
