the more i try to explain gender to cis people the more i understand plato’s allegory of a cave
plato: the shadows are like a surface level understanding and coming out of the cave and seeing the actual objects is what being a philosopher is like
me: this is stupid and pretentious
cis person: girl is when pink and flower and boy is when blue and guns
me: oh no theyre still in the cave
FUCK.
Adding “oh no they’re still in the cave” to my vocabulary.