Monday, August 22, 2011
It Takes A Village To Enforce The Gender Binary
Posted by Monica Roberts at 12:00 PM
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/08/it-takes-village-to-enforce-gender_22.html (http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/08/it-takes-village-to-enforce-gender_22.html)
An old African proverb states that it takes a village to raise a child. I've tweaked that proverb to reflect a truism I've observed when it comes to the gender binary.
It takes a village to enforce the gender binary.
That societal village enforcement of the gender binary starts the millisecond you come out of the birth canal.