1. Flowers don't have gender. They make and receive pollen.
2. That girl insecure af
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While most flowers have both male and female parts, some are monogendered. Like elm trees have either male or female flowers, depending on the tree. So yeah, they do technically have genders.
A more visible example of plant sexuality is on conifer trees. The woody pine cones that everyone knows are female and contain seeds while the smaller, yellowish cones are male and disperse pollen. This is how most plants reproduced up until the Early Cretaceous when flowering plants first evolved.
I want to start with: @grimreaper is on point with his knowledge of plant reproduction. That being said I feel like its important to point out (not because I am overly pedantic, but because some people legitamently don't know this) plants don't have gender, they have sex. Sex is a biological thing, which humans, animals, plants, fungi, all have. Gender is a social construct which describes the roles typically associated with a particular sex within a culture. Humans obviously have gender, even when we like to think that we don't, and so do some other animals. Plants however, as near as we can understand, do not have social structure and therefore cannot have gender.
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I still sometimes use them interchangeably. Old habits.
Yeah, and the fact that this isn't taught unless you take a sociology class. Otherwise you only find out if either you research it on your own, or someone tells you. (Such as I am doing now, for anyone reading this who didn't know).
*Me and husband watching TV*
Husband:
"o look at that!"
"Wow that is hot!"
"That is SEX-A!"
"WOAH BABE THAT IS ONE HOT TAMALE!"
ME:
"WILL YOU SHUT UP IT IS JUST A DAMN FOOD COMMERCIAL!"
*Under breath* "Fat ass!"
I’ve seen women ogle men and then apologize to their partner for the disrespect. I’ve also seen the partners forgive them, or express complete lack of caring and encourage them to do so if they desire. I suppose part of it depends on wether you are threatened or not. I personally don’t care much. I am aware that someone who gets paid to be attractive might be more physically appealing than me, and even if they are not, just because I like Peperoni Pizza doesn’t mean I don’t also like other types of pizza too. I don’t see it as disrespect as I am aware my partner can find other people attractive. It’s good they do isn’t it? If they didn’t find different types of people attractive they may not have been attracted to your “type,” and it means more to me to know that my partner does find others attractive- but makes a conscious choice to be with me. So to each their own, but as far as “men’s rights” go- this is a disprovable double standard as some men and women do this, and not all care.
My partner and I mutually agreed its okay yo admit if someone is attractive as log as we don't act on it. Like we can appreciate how good someone looks as long as we don't go up and flirt with them.
I can't do this with the bf. It's disrespectful to him. But I will point out hot females. His sense of humor at it though <3
me: omg look at that waitress when she turns around.
me: look at her butt! *glances at the glory*
him: *looks* ok.
me: c'mon that is a nice ass.
him: You want me to go get her number for you?
** See @grimreaper for floral gender questions
2. That girl insecure af
Husband:
"o look at that!"
"Wow that is hot!"
"That is SEX-A!"
"WOAH BABE THAT IS ONE HOT TAMALE!"
ME:
"WILL YOU SHUT UP IT IS JUST A DAMN FOOD COMMERCIAL!"
*Under breath* "Fat ass!"
me: omg look at that waitress when she turns around.
me: look at her butt! *glances at the glory*
him: *looks* ok.
me: c'mon that is a nice ass.
him: You want me to go get her number for you?
** See @grimreaper for floral gender questions