No, that’s what you base it on.
Biological sex is a matter of fact which we look to science to define. Gender is a human construct no matter how much you pretend it isn’t. Science has nothing to do with whether one prefers to be called a him or a her, whether one should wear Timberlands or a dress, or whether one should pursue a career as a seamstress or a construction worker. We invented all of that, and that is all part of the conversation with regards to gender.
No, it's what humans have based it on through all of human history up until now. To assume that gender is a human construct, is to assume that there are more than 2 genders, and that proposal cannot be argued thoroughly or good in any way.
What the political right does is just pretend that the way we’ve always thought of gender is the only way to think about it....
So, everyone through human history is part of the political right?
and then by extension pretend that when other people talk about it, they’re using words in the same way you are. That’s just plain stupid.
So, by that logic, everyone can use the same words to mean different things, and then society falls.
It would be like this:
One person thinks the word firetruck, means car crash, and the other person thinks it is a truck that puts out fires.
With logic like this, the world couldn't go round.
This logic is plain stupid.
If you want to have a conversation with someone else you have to begin by understanding what they mean when they use certain terms. That’s common sense. People who are experiencing and/or advocating for those going through gender dysphoria are talking about all of this is a very different way. If you’re going to criticize it the least you can do is make an effort to understand what others are talking about.
There is a difference between having preferences, and thinking words are different. If I want to have a conversation with someone who uses different definitions, then I couldn't have any conversation at all.
It would be like me trying to talk to someone, but they believe that the word love means hate. So, am I just supposed to say love for hate for just that specific person? Then the media and news would be screwed, because they can't keep tabs on what everyone thinks.
As a functioning society, we have to have the same basic understanding of the English language, or else no one will understand what anyone else is saying.
To assume that others look at words differently, and we should submit to those terms, is exactly how you let a controlling government take power.