This quote says only that gender *is* constructed, which I have not
disputed. It does not address my question, which is why social
institutions would want to hide the fact of that construction. If you
recall, our conversation started this way:
>"Kathryn Aegis" writes:
>>Because gender-bending of any sort reveals the artificial
>>constructions and learned behaviors that constitute the institution
>>of gender, (however constructed in whatever society) it would
>>therefore be in the best interest of all other societal institutions
>>to constrain that behavior, to control who has access to it, to
>>determine how much to marginalize or integrate it.
>
>This sounds a bit conspiracy-theorist to me. How exactly would all
>social institutions be hurt by behavior that helps people understand
>how gender is constructed?
Robin D. Hanson hanson@hss.caltech.edu http://hss.caltech.edu/~hanson/