You know what? I'm just not that worried that accepting humans are kind of messy and don't fit into boxes is going to lead to the decline of our civilization.
Most complex genetic traits are multimodal, gender is no exception.
India’s not an affluent country, and irrespective of their legal status (Google it, it may surprise you), nonbinary people have a distinctive identity and place in society.
This is not to say that how affluent western countries approach trans rights is better or worse, it just means trans people do have a place in other cultures I’m familiar with. Perhaps others can share examples from other cultures.
> Any instance in history where you can find a similar trend, it tends to be at the decline stage of civilizations / empires.
Elizabethan England wasn’t very affluent or educated compared to today, but even a cursory glance at their literature shows that authors and audiences understood what we’d call intersex or nonbinary identity today (I frequently mix up the terminology.) I don’t think their idea of rights was quite as legalistically driven as modern Western society, but I don’t think being nonbinary was a death sentence either.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity?wprov=sfti1
When data collection and manufacturing supply chains were more crude, it was easier to make blue and pink gi joes and barbies.
Now we have the abilitiy to collect more nuanced data about peoples preferences and efficiently service the long tail, it makes sense to let customers define their likes on a spectrum rather than as binary choices.
I dont see why you would feel so strongly about restricting how people choose to define themselves.
Does this mean we’ll soon get a range picker when we sign up for iCloud?