In The Social Construction of Gender by Judith Lorber, one part that stood out to me is the idea of "Doing Gender."
This idea that we are "Doing Gender" is a funny saying to something that I have found my subconscious doing regularly. After reading this passage, I noticed myself trying to categorize people. I am not sure if I do it because I am trying to make myself feel like I fit in or if the notion on gender categorization is so engraved into my subconscious because of how I grew up. Do you think there is a way to change our subconscious thoughts? What if these subconscious thoughts cannot change/ do they need to be changed?
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I think part of it has to do with how society raises us to observe people, whether or not that aligns with our personal beliefs or idealized way to view people. I think me and a lot of people can relate that whether we want to or not, the first couple subconscious things we take note of when we meet new people might always be a perceived race, gender, class, etc. I think similar to intrusive thoughts in general, the best approach would be to stay self aware of why that happens and understand that those thoughts don't necessarily reflect on who you are. Hopefully then we can be the generation, or at least the next step in shifting people away from being raised to (subconsciously) think like that.
I like how this reading brought awareness to your subconscious categorization. I think society and its believe is very heavily ingrained in this and therefore I think it would take a lot to change these thoughts.
^^ Hannah R
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