We’re clearly not going to come to any meaningful consensus. So I don’t think continuing to argue is in either of our interests. I would always refer to terms like wife and husband as an expression of gender identity rather than the gender identity itself. But if you define things differently that’s fine. My education is in neuroscience so I think of gender as being hard wired into our brains and universal across cultures. Any chosen labels I would regard as expressions of gender rather than Inherently part of it. And something I’ll gladly leave to psychologists and anthropologists.

I’m not saying that, I’m saying “tradwife” isn’t a gender identity. It can a be a valid part of someone’s identity and one traditionally associated with being a woman. it’s just a chosen aspect of their identity. Gender isn’t a choice and tying it to professions and societal expectations isn’t healthy.

I respectfully disagree. I believe that expecting NBs to be shamans/priests is the same thing as telling women to “shut up and make me a sandwich” or telling young boys to “stop crying and act like a man”. it’s just another societally imposed gender role.

People have a tendency to socially isolate people who are different. Tribal communities tend to push autists and genderqueer folk into the role of shaman too. It’s a phenomenon heard about during the 5 year period where I smoked way too much weed and accidentally became a certified shaman.

I believe their identity is valid and fully support it, but see the religious connection as ridiculous. That is not to say that I have a problem with spiritual or supernatural beliefs, I just don’t believe people should be indoctrinating each other and basing policy or laws on it. Basically spirituality should be something people use to work on their own issues not force those issues on other people.

In the BBC news many years ago I remember Peter Sissons calling the reporter John Pienaar John Penis and then quickly correcting himself. None of my friends or family actually heard or acknowledged it. And for years i couldn’t find anything on the internet until recently I found this one radio clip.

At long last I have proof that I’m more observant than everyone else, not crazy. Although that being said, I did spend an unhealthy amount of time looking.

I don’t respect any religious beliefs.

I just sent that to everyone I know without explanation.

They did rebrand him as “sooty Pete”, a white dude with soot on his face (black patches instead of full blackface). At least a lot of people do that. But obviously you still get a lot of people clinging doggedly to their racism tradition.

I have Dutch friends who were legitimately terrified that Zwarte Piet would kidnap them and take them to Spain.

I’m Brian and so’s my wife

It’s a highly contagious energy.

The maps wrong. In northern Norway (marked in lavender) the terms Bibliotek and Girjerádju are both used depending on whether you’re speaking Norwegian or one of the Sami languages. Despite being indigenous to the region Sami is spoken by a minority and the map should be striped red and lavender. Or if you’re going by indigenous languages then you need to extend the lavender portion down through northern Sweden to Luleå and in Norway down to Trondheim.

I remain tempted but stoic

By stuff you mean animated GIFs of big breasted horse hung transgender anthropomorphic lions being violated by giant alien tentacles, right?

Just say porn

Oh but I’m struggling to much to maintain a social life and have visitors.

Never mind that. WTF have they decorated it with. You’re not supposed to add shit to Guinness.

It’s better here. About a third of the accounts are LGBTQties. Check out https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/ for all your trans related needs. Welcome to the nicer part of the internet.