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The Origin And Intent Of Gender Theory
Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Jun 20, 2023 (message contributor)
Summary: In the late 1980s the word 'Gender' was intentionally turned into a sociological concept.
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The word 'gender' comes from the Latin word 'genus' which means 'kind' or 'type.' In the few hundred years before the 1950s, the term 'gender' was used only in the field of grammar. In 1955, John William Money, a New Zealand psychologist, sexologist, and author researched human sexuality and gender identity and created the term 'gender role' and began to use it to mean something different from sex. The term was not applied to other animals which continued to have different 'sexes.' About 30 years ago the word 'gender' was intentionally turned into a sociological concept by theorists because they believe relations between men and women have differentiated social roles, and sex stereotypes are somehow socially and culturally constructed in addition to innate anatomical/biological sex.
"26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 27 In the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." (Genesis 1:26-27 ESV)
The Bible declares that God created human beings, male and female, in His own image, "in the image of God He created him (Heb: 'oto' = in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self); male (Heb: 'zakar' = a biological male) and female (Heb: 'neqebah' = a biological female) He created them" (v27). Humans are the only beings in the Universe created in the image of God.
The verse is not a figure of speech that expresses two contrasting parts. When God created the first humans as male and female, He did not add the words 'for your God is neither male nor female' nor use non-binary gender pronouns.
God created human beings as only male or female with anatomical differences and gave them very specific prescriptive roles for each sexual Gender (see Genesis 1:1-28, 2:1-24; also Matthew 19:4-6; Mark 10:6; 1 Corinthians 11:11; Ephesians 5:21–32; 1 Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9).
Gender theory and Transgenderism are intellectually dishonest ideological social constructs and psychological belief systems with roots in occultic metaphysics with no basis in objective science. Gender dysphoria has no scientific or medical grounds and is almost always temporary.
The facts are that sexual gender is, and always has been, relevant in the Bible. Sexual gender is essential to God. God is strong yet gentle, defends, and nurtures; He is independent and social because He is like a good father and mother. He created both male and female "in his image" (Genesis 1:27). It reveals that humans are the only beings in the universe made in the image of the Creator of all things.
God is not sexual or gender-neutral. He does not say anything about there being a non-binary gender. From the beginning of Creation, God made humans male or female. God chose to incorporate gender sexuality as part of His "very good" Creation (Genesis 1:31). All of Creation dictates procreation for the survival of the human race. The Transgender cult can't biologically reproduce so they focus on recruiting children and adolescents in public schools.
The cultural metaphysical term "non-binary" is used to describe anyone whose gender is not included in the socially constructed roles of male or female and could include dysphoria. Some may experience a more fluid sense of identity or always stay near to their way of presenting how they see themselves.
Others may not identify with any gender at all. Because of this, there are so many different identities that it would be impossible to name them all. A person could be a woman who wears make-up and a dress but still identifies as non-binary. They might even use she/her pronouns. Her gender identity is more about how she sees herself and not from anyone else's point of view.
Biological sex causes the human body to develop specific sex-related organs, affecting how people think and respond to the world around them. Human cells are biochemically different in males and females and affect many things emotionally and physically, which can be distinguished by various anatomical, physiological, and biochemical markers. Gender theorists refuse to acknowledge that sex has anything to do with gender despite overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary. Gender theory is a form of Gnosticism.
Biological males have significant physiological advantages over biological females. In sports, the performance gap between males and females reveals itself at puberty and is as high as a 50% difference. Biological males have 15-20 times more testosterone than biological females, and their bone mass is 26-45.5% more than females. Biological males have a higher red blood cell count, lower fat, more muscle, and 80% greater tendon strength and lung capacity.