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Originally Posted by chillrob
But married, rich, and poor don't have anything to do with someone's brain, those are objective qualities. Honest, trustworthy, dependable, masculine, or feminine do have to do with the brain, but they can all be better judged by others than by an individual claiming to have those traits. I'm sure you think that "trans" is best determined by the individual, but none of these qualities you give are similarly best determined by the individual. I have no sense of being masculine, and I don't even know where others would likely place me in terms of masculinity.
Im certainly no expert on this stuff, and dont want to derail the mod thread much more, so after this post if need be lets continue in the boc thread. But I believe, to use marriage as an example, is that there is no biological, physical manifestation of the concept of marriage. No married dna, no place in the brain you could scan and see that someone is married or not. So from a physical perspective the state of marriage doesnt exist, or isnt "real".
But rather marriage is a social construct, created by societies themselves, and what constitutes a marriage and what constitutes the expectations of married behavior is determined by each society. Age of marriage, who can get married, how many people in one marriage, etc, etc are all agreed upon at the societal level. Yet it has a very real effect on peoples lives. It is a real thing that exists, even though there is no physical indication that it does.
Edit: I copied this post to BOC so if anyone wants to reply pls do so there. Thanks
Edit 2: i also copied spaceman's post bc its way better than my answer.
Last edited by browser2920; 03-07-2024 at 04:11 AM.