Only Two Genders?

Louisiana Gubernatorial candidate Ralph Abraham defended himself on Fox News Tuesday night after making a video in August promoting his campaign in which he stated a basic biological reality: there are only two genders. In the ad, Abraham states some of the “truths” that he wishes to tell potential voters such as “life begins at conception,” “government is too big,” “our taxes are to high,” and “facts matter more than feelings.”

It seems, though, that the Left has no tolerance for a different perspective on gender.

The remark drew outrage from liberals across the country. NBC accused the candidate of “taking aim at transgender rights.” MSNBC anchor Chris Jansing called Abraham’s remarks “incendiary.” Abraham told Tucker Carlson, “What a strange world we live in, Tucker, where something that simple and that statement would set off a firestorm.”

To settle the controversy, Tucker asked, “How many genders are there, as a scientific matter?” Abraham’s answer was just plain common sense. “As a scientific matter, I’ve delivered many babies as a family doctor. I can assure you it takes me about three seconds to tell the parents, whether it’s a boy or whether it’s a girl.” Abraham ended his appearance by saying, “We have got to get some common sense back into our culture.”

Louisiana Candidate: The Flawed Logic of the Left

Such a remark from someone running for office would have seemed inconsequential a decade ago. Now, the declaration that there are only two genders is the equivalent of a mortal sin, one from which anyone who utters it must repent. Progressives often accuses conservatives of being “anti-science” due to their skepticism about the causes and effects of global climate change. Now, it seems liberals are openly hostile to the scientific reality that there are only two genders. Liberals say the concept of gender is an “artificial social construction.”

The Left thinks America is a troubled nation. If you are a woman, American institutions actively work to crush your hopes and dreams, liberals tell us. American men internalize “sexism and misogyny,” doing everything they can to keep women down. However, if gender is socially constructed and is not clearly defined, how exactly can “sexism” exist? We also hear about how “diversity is our strength.”

If that holds true, why exactly is the Left quick to deny the differences, hence diversity, between men and women? Men and women complement each other, and if no differences exist, society cannot function. Diversity is defined as “a range of different things,” meaning not everything is the same. Is a society stronger when everything is different? Consider the following questions:

Can a marriage survive if spouses have radically different values? Can two neighbors communicate if each person speaks a different language? Can a country stay unified if its citizens adhere to different principles, values, and ideals? Can a business operate at maximum efficiency if skin color or gender is seen as the most important qualification to be considered for hire, and the business gives no consideration to the merits of its employees?

The answer to all of these questions is simple: no. Therefore, how can our leaders say that diversity is our strength? When posed with this question, our leaders often fumble for an answer, denouncing the person who asked it as “racist” or “bigoted” in the process. For the record, diversity has been shown by a number of researchers to foster discord, suspicion, mistrust, and decrease support for social welfare.

And it makes sense: people feel more comfortable around people with whom they have more in common, and people are more willing to help people who are like them. It’s just natural. Even Jimmy Carter, a liberal Democrat, acknowledged this. Of course, the failure of our cultural elites to provide a sufficient answer to this question reveals that diversity is not, in fact, our strength: unity is.

The Push for Equality AND Diversity

Along with mindless screeching about diversity, our leaders also preach about equality. Equality is defined as “being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value.” How, then, can two things be both different and similar at the same time? “There are no differences between men and women; in fact, they are exactly the same and are capable of doing the exact same things.” How, then, is there any diversity between the two genders?

It seems pretty clear that diversity and equality cannot coexist. To think so is foolish. It does not appear that total and complete equality is practical when there is so much diversity; likewise, if everyone and everything is equal, then there is no room for any diversity. Confusing, is it not? This is the point being made by Louisiana Gubernatorial candidate Ralph Abraham.

Liberals often preach about how “tolerant” they are. It seems, though, that the Left has no tolerance for a different perspective on gender. If they were tolerant, liberals would not express rage over candidate Abraham’s words. Hopefully, some degree of sanity can seep back into American politics sometime soon.