I believe that gender is going to wither away in communist society eventually. As it is a construct tightly coupled with patriarchy.
Abolishing gender in any society existing today is as idealistic as abolishing Christianity in yankeeland though. Social roles and expectations imposed by patriarchy are part of people's reality. We need people's consent to abolish gender and to be able to consent, people need to have awareness of gender first.
Also, gender doesn't exist in isolation. Dismantling patriarchy will be more nuanced than dismantling its elements separately. And it will require material basis we might not currently have anywhere in the world to address it properly. (inheritance is part of the patriarchal system too!)
For now we should respect people's struggles within the patriarchal framework and give trans people our critical support.
Gender will wither away with material conditions changing, not with us saying it shouldn't exist.
I believe that gender is going to wither away in communist society eventually. As it is a construct tightly coupled with patriarchy.
Abolishing gender in any society existing today is as idealistic as abolishing Christianity in yankeeland though. Social roles and expectations imposed by patriarchy are part of people's reality. We need people's consent to abolish gender and to be able to consent, people need to have awareness of gender first.
Also, gender doesn't exist in isolation. Dismantling patriarchy will be more nuanced than dismantling its elements separately. And it will require material basis we might not currently have anywhere in the world to address it properly. (inheritance is part of the patriarchal system too!)
For now we should respect people's struggles within the patriarchal framework and give trans people our critical support.
Gender will wither away with material conditions changing, not with us saying it shouldn't exist.