http://mediamatters.org/mobile/blog/2014/02/14/fox-news-isnt-comfortable-with-these-new-facebo/198057
Fox News isn't too happy about the new forms of gender one can apply on their Facebook account. According to the network, there are about 56 genders that a person can associate with, including male and female. The topic of gender identity isn't a new one, so Facebook to "take action" allow people to express themselves and feel comfortable with how they identify; Fox News disagrees , they believe that gender is only male or female, because there are only men and women. So the network went on to ridiculing Facebook.
Is this political participation? Yes, this is Slacktivist at its finest. When it come to a government movement, Facebook, being one of the most popular social media network at this time, has taken an enamors step. By Facebook allowing this form of gender expression, it a allows a normalization of these gender identities. It allows people to believe that maybe there are more then just male and female, and we need to see that as a norm to be socially accepted. Sure, allowing it to be seen on Facebook is a little step, but it is a little step that allows the world to see that the standard of categories imposed into our lives need to be broadened in order to help society grow.
This would be a definitely positive slant on slacktivism. Such an interesting idea to have so many gender categories.
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