- Question
Would the world be better without gender?
Would society be better off without the concept of gender? This entry sets out the two positions on the question — that the world would be better without gender, and that it would not.
Position 1 of 2
Read this position →Yes, the world would be better without gender
This position holds that gender operates as a system of social expectation which constrains what people may do and be, and that a world without it would leave individuals freer to live as themselves without a category assigning them roles.
Position 2 of 2
Read this position →No, the world would not be better without gender
This position holds that gender is a meaningful dimension of identity and belonging rather than only a constraint, and that abolishing the category would remove vocabulary many people rely on to describe and to claim who they are.