While I suppose I would agree that gender roles have declined as time has worn on, I won't say that gender identities will ever cease. Of course they have changed, and will continue to in all likelihood, but part of what defines us as people is our genders. Which isn't to say that all males or females will inevitably have the same basic traits or characteristics, but rather how we define our own gender identities.

In other words, part of who I am is that I am male, a man. That influences how I act, how I carry myself, how I treat and interact with other people. It doesn't define everything about me, but it is a part of what does. I don't think that humanity will ever reach a time where the male/female line is so nonexistant that people cease to let their gender be a part of what defines them.

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