Hiya guys..
So I’ve been doing some CIPD courses and I recently finished
one on EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion).
Fascinating stuff.
Its great how attitudes and mindset changes can come at you
real quick outside Nigeria. Now, I already had an idea what these concepts were
but the course really gave deeper knowledge and professional insight on how to
go about it in the People profession way. Again, great stuff.
One particular aspect of the module on Diversity and
Inclusion in the workplace focuses on “Intersectionality” (The concept that
people can be many things at the same time, in terms of characteristics and
lifestyle choices) and it got me thinking of contemporary issues that are becoming
real thorny issues these days.
I understand that the LGBTQ movement has gotten mainstream
acceptance (forget about the fact that it’s been practically rammed down
throats) and if we’re keeping it a buck, I personally don’t have any issue with
queer folk. Whatever a fully grown adult identifies as their sexual orientation
is well within their right to decide and as long as whatever sexual activity,
they get up to is strictly consensual and between adults…. Well, who am I to
judge?
However, I really don’t understand the whole transgender
movement as well as this debate about Gender.
I like to think that I have a very open mind to new ideas
and concepts. I’m also keen on learning new things and understanding the rationale
behind why people do and say the stuff they do. However, I cannot wrap my mind
around this concept of a human being suddenly becoming certain and deciding
that the design process is flawed and that they currently inhabit the wrong
body. I mean, this concept of a man or woman ..waking up one day and deciding
that they’re supposed to be the opposite gender is thoroughly baffling.
Like…HOW??
What motivates or encourages this? I know that there are and
have always been cases of individuals of one gender who exhibit characteristics
and traits of the opposite sex, I also know that Intersex people (individuals
born with any of several sex characteristics including chromosome patterns,
gonads, or genitals that, according to the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical binary notions of male
or female bodies") exist…. However, this issue of individuals rejecting
their “assigned” sex at birth to identify as something completely different is
a concept I’m yet to be able to fully grasp.
“Assigned” is in quote here because the general definition
of Trans people makes it seem as if someone, somewhere looks at you at birth
and “assigns” a particular sex to you. This further implies that you can
essentially reject this later on in life if you just don’t feel that
this assignment was done correctly!. Wow.
Despite all the issues – Trans women competing and
dominating in women sports (and in my opinion, making a nuisance of themselves),
magazines and sections of society celebrating ludicrous things like trans men
getting pregnant (jeez!!), it’s becoming painfully obvious that this issue is
not going away anytime soon.
People are actually getting extremely painful surgeries to "transition" including genital reassignment surgery, mastectomies, hormone treatments and the like! haba.
Pushing this insanity further, people are now encouraging
kids to identify themselves!!!
In the US, (where else of course), some idiotic legislation
is going round in some states about allowing children the right to decide which
gender they want to identify as, and mandating parents/teachers to actually
AFFIRM this.
WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK!!
So, what this essentially means is that your 4, 5 or 6 year
old boy can wake up one fine morning from their pee-soaked bed and decide that he was supposed to
be born a girl, stroll casually to your bedroom and announce this to you and
you’re actually supposed to encourage and affirm this to him??? Bonkers.
Also, what in God's name is this idea of several genders
existing at the same time?? We’re now being informed that the idea of “male”
and “female” being the only existing genders is obsolete and not in line with
modern reality and as a matter of fact you can actually offend certain people
when you “misgender” them by not addressing them with their preferred pronouns…hmmm.
At last count, it seems like there are more than 50 ways individuals can now define their gender identities….Odiegwu.
Think it's a joke?? see this article
I mean..i’m all for understanding diversity, inclusion and
equality but this is just too much to take in and believe.
Anyway, to stop learning is to start dying. Make we just dey
watch.
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