Would we be better off without gender?

I'm not sure.

I mean things would be more equal I suppose, but things would also be less diverse.


I'm too tired to figure out how to word this, but ultimately I feel like the world would lose a bit of beauty if there was only a single gender.

 

I think you mean gender roles/expectations?

 

But..but..I like being male (or squirting cucumber)
In that world, there would be one universal gender, and the rest wouldn't even identify with humans at all.

 

What CP said.
I like to hold the door for girls and be the one who pay. I don't expect from her to be a submissive little goody two shoes in return, as a matter of fact I like women wearing trousers and as independent and capable as me.

Others like different stuff, and I'm okay with it. As long as we respect each other, we can have those expectations. What's wrong is the lack of respect, nothing else.

As someone here told me, there is lots of different relationships, with very different dynamics. As long as both are happy with the arrangement, they can do whatever they want, 'old' or 'new' styyle.

 

Something else would take the place of "gender". There would still be race, sex, and class, not to mention religion and just personal beliefs.

In some ways, it may prove beneficial, but unless the way the world operates is changed, all you're doing is removing one source of segregation to make room for another.

 

No, gender gives us the ability to predict better the behavior of others which strengthens our connection to them, it also makes our identity more stable.

 

Personally I'm inclined to believe that we would be better off not having known gender. And if we had never known it, we would not miss it. But having not known it, we would not know we were better off.

What I'm saying is, it wouldn't change as much as you'd think

 

Hell yes

 

In this kind of society, it would certainly fix a lot of problems, but I think we would lose a lot of variance and that would be a bad thing. I think we should try and fix the expectations and roles people have in their heads rather than make us all the same gender, if that were even possible. Equal, but different.

 

I don't think that "gender free" society would be better or worst, I mean gender isn't "obstacl"e on the way to equal world, or any other "differences" like color of skin, nations, religion e.t. Such "obstacle" is created only by our point of view on those things. If I see everyone as equal we'll be equal, if I see something like "problem" it'll be a problem.

 

We'd just find a different way to categorize ourselves & others. Human beings as a whole love finding what separates one individual from another. Plus, gender & gender roles are't the same thing.

 

I think society will suck regardless.

 

Can I just say that your avatar makes this post all the more cynical, & hilarious?

 

Actually, a really cool novel was written on such a society: The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin, although her society had people who shifted gender. That society had its own set of problems.

Now, we are really slowly moving toward a culture where we are essentially androgynous. If you pay attention, the most gifted individuals in our culture show a considerable degree of androgyny. It is increasingly becoming a normal sort of thing, especially among the literati. The most advanced and powerful cultures in the world have a high degree of gender equality. Women in those cultures prefer men who are less distinctly "masculine."

As for whether or not this is a good thing, that remains to be seen.

 

I am glad my avatar had its intended effect. :lol:

 

It only sounds appealing because diversity raises controversy.

If we didn't have gender roles, society would create some other type of role. Tall humans should do this, short humans should do this, yada yada... No thanks.

 

I came here thinking yes of course we would be better off but after reading some responses I now think we would be better without gender roles and expectations instead of without gender completely

 

But I like identifying as a female, girl, and mammary glands owner. Keep gender identities and get rid of gender roles. Or at least make them more flexible.