Mm, well I was looking for a name that works better in Hebrew, because Kris sounds terrible in Hebrew. And I was looking for somewhat gender-neutral names. And I found Shai, and it just sounds nice. So. :D (I was consindering either Shai or Shaye, but the former is an actual Jewish name, so.)
Well, perhaps if I ever, like, leave my house, and... idk... have a job... haha. Basically there are things higher on my list at the moment. xD That's just waaaay down the list of importance, really. I have practically no sex-drive, and almost never think about it, it's just a possibility sometime in the future, if ever. But not the most important one. More important are current things, pretty much.
Bah, yes. The thing is, people don't think about the message it sends, and when you point it out, they're just o_O at you, like as if the toys you give kids doesn't tell them anything at all. I mean obviously indoctrination takes more than just toys but it is part of the message they receive about gender and expectations.
YES to the societal thing. Thing is, my mom's response to that would be 'yeah but what's wrong with that?' or 'but it doesn't hurt anyone'. But it does. :| fug. Society reinforces strict gender codes everywhere you go, but 'post-feminists' see this as a totally normal, good thing because it's not society doing it, it's the actual gender, or shit like that. Fuck, I don't even know, it pisses me off, and I live with it all day. :| I hate society sometimes, I really do. Which is a pain because I love people. I mean, not the general 'people', but individuals, you know? Most individuals are really cool. I'm a total sap for people. But why we gotta be such... idk, asses. :[
I get a really strict view of how biology works, on that topic, because of how much I've er, learned about dogs, and my views on them. Basically dogs do everything off of instinct, and there's no conscious thought on a higher level, like we have. (And I don't mean that to be 'bad', I love dogs, they're my favourite sorts of people, haha. They just react based on instincts rather than emotional or logical thought processes.) Whereas we have the instincts but we subdue them so much to the point we're hardly aware of what they even are nearly 90% of the time (that percentage is made up don't pay attention to it :D). We think so much that even our body language is entirely controlled.
SO, saying something like gender has a noticeable influence on who you are is ridiculous. It doesn't have a noticeable difference on dogs, who act entirely on instinct. Why would it have any difference on us, who have the ability to ignore instinct?
Though most people probably disagree with my view of dogs. :P I think that way about most animals, though, not just dogs, to be clear. Definitely all domesticated animals.