Gendered Identities

I've decided to take on the "6 types of people" controversy. I think the point of this idea possesses good intentions; although, does it prove to effectively convey the point that our society is comprised of diversity, or does it actually work in doing the opposite. We, as a society, strive to categorize everything that exists. It almost seems as though comfort lies within the relative organization of people or identities into these strict discursive categories. But what about the people who can't physically, mentally, or socially fit within these specific categories? They must be extremely weird or even inhuman, right?

This is exactly what the activists of this "6 genders" notion is trying to disprove. They want everyone to acknowledge that there is too much diversity to fit perfectly within societies' "categories." They feel as though gender shouldn't be limited to 2 genders (black and white), but should incorporate transgenders as well (the grey area). This is where culture and science come together. Culture has "safely" limited gender into masculinity and femininity, but science has proven that there is some abiguity as far as being born with stricltly and only these 2 genitalia. Although their intentions are to diversify these strict categorizations and maybe even abolish them all together, is this the most effective way to go about it? When these other 4 genders are mentioned, the intention is to open the conforming minds of society to what actually exits, but is it actually doing justice or just encouraging more categorization?

Even though the intentions are to break away from such a black and white notion of the world, mentioning and acknowledging this differentiation almost encourages us as a society to categorize and correlate gender with ones' identity. Creating 4 more genders doesn't really facilitate that type of change necessary, but encourages more conforming categorization. This is similar to individuals who seek individualism. They strive to disconnect themselves with all things conforming or labeled as popular culture, but in doing this, they are actually conforming themselves to a culture specific notion of individualism.

There's no escape from culture; it's in everything we say and do, but can we find a happy medium between science and culture that will allow for everything to be seen in a grey area?