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From: Devorah
Subject: Gender
Date: 22 Av 5783
Subject: Communities differ
I have been observing this discussion, and I want to note something.
Every argument for including gender can be reversed. Gender is relevant to practice — but communities disagree on how. Gender categories exist in tradition — but they do not map to modern understandings. Trans Jews need recognition — but different communities recognize them differently.
We could include gender and produce a specification that some communities find useful and others find offensive. Or we could exclude it and be accused of erasure.
There is no neutral position.
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