Tuesday, September 13, 2011

What do you think of potential technologically induced gender changes?

What sorts of gender-related changes do you think the future will hold?



Right now, many biochemists and those in related fields are studying the human body. It's likely that the definition of ';human'; will have to become more general at some future point to encompass a larger range of creatures, but for the more immediate future, I think gender changes will come about. These changes can affect anything from just interaction in the bedroom to what a gender is.



Some of the ones I can think of:

-Simpler and more effective gender conversion. (How will it change things about when people can change sexes fairly quickly and cheaply? What about when they change to sexes that don't naturally occur?)

-Far more satisfying sex toys. (Less sexual frustration- how would that change society?) (Includes improved versions of porn, sex robots, etc.)

-DNA testing (as a previous question brought up, about paternity).

-Better cosmetics/appearance-altering methodologies. (What happens when no one's ';more beautiful';, but people appear as they want to, making beauty entirely a matter of opinion?)

-Artificial wombs. (What happens when child birth can occur without needing a partner, for both men and women and other gender?)



Just some random ideas off the top of my head (and all ones that seem plausible to me as a student of engineering and biochemistry), so I'm sure there are far more interesting ones I'm not even thinking of.



Has anyone given thought to what ';sex'; might mean in a hundred or so years? If so, any interesting thoughts?



What even happens when there's no longer a clear line between ';male'; and ';female';?What do you think of potential technologically induced gender changes?
';How will it change things about when people can change sexes fairly quickly and cheaply? What about when they change to sexes that don't naturally occur?';

That will be a pretty wild party!



';Far more satisfying sex toys';

Women are already happy doing if for themselves. Feminists have been telling men for 40 years they should go **** themselves, and they may get their wish soon enough.



';Better cosmetics/appearance-altering methodologies. (What happens when no one's ';more beautiful';, but people appear as they want to, making beauty entirely a matter of opinion?';

That would be great. We could judge each other on personality more easily.



';Artificial wombs. (What happens when child birth can occur without needing a partner, for both men and women and other gender?)';

I think the women of today who take it for granted that they can treat men however their mood takes them, will suddenly find that life is a lot lonelier.What do you think of potential technologically induced gender changes?
I think they should just leave it alone. There is enough gender confusion.
Well, we all know that the ultimate feminist conspiracy is to destroy gender completely and have a whole generation of 'boys' and 'girls' growing up not knowing if they're technically male or female. If it gets to that stage, we're going to have to have another sex revolution, this time with a completely different meaning.
I'm not sure I agree with your opinion that sex-robots would result in less rape and one-night-stands. A sex-robot is not going to please a man whose aim is to scare a woman by forcing himself upon her. His intense thrill often comes from the fear that he's induced upon the woman.



One night stands might be impacted, but I highly doubt it. While a sex robot may look and feel human, the human knows that they are a machine which may make some people ashamed just to have one - much less use it.



Gender conversion may become physically easier, but I have a tough time seeing that it would be any easier psychologically. Those who do make changes now are allowed after a decent amount of time, education, and counseling. That wouldn't change. It might result in a higher demand for psychologists who've specialized in gender issues, and it wouldn't be a problem filling the need.



It's difficult for me to imagine life on Earth in 20 years - I certainly can't conceptualize what human life will be in 100 years. Kind of a scary thought ;o

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