'Gender Ideology' Is Not What You Think It Is | Opinion
Donald Trump promised at the Moms for Liberty national summit in 2023, "I will take historic action to defeat the toxic poison of gender ideology, to restore the timeless truth that God created two genders: male and female."What critics mean precisely by "gender ideology," however, is never clearly or consistently explained.
Those who assert that "gender ideology" confuses kids about their gender and sexuality tend to believe that sex is fixed and binary and that biology determines gender.
Adopting the view that biology determines gender, however, threatens not only transgender rights, but many of the rights that have been hard-won for women and the LGBTQ community at large.Technically, "gender ideology" is a sociological term to describe the beliefs people have about the roles men and women should play in society.
For instance, a traditional gender ideology would suggest that due to their natural differences, men should work outside the home to support the family while women should tend primarily to childcare and domestic responsibilities.
