I just finished watching a movie, What is a Woman? I saw Matt Walsh traveling our country in an attempt to get “experts” to define: what a woman is. It wasn’t until he traveled to a remote African tribe that he found his answer. The tribe considered him pretty stupid to even ask the question. They all agreed that they were better off in their remote tribe than living in America.
Half of our country cannot define a woman. It is this half of society that we don’t want to hire in our profession. We spend a lot of time attempting to describe an animal so that it can properly be found by its owner. It is difficult enough that we confuse breeds; but if we can’t identify the sex (or gender) of the animal, we might as well just turn all of the dogs (and cats) loose to find their own way home.
It is also members of this group that will accept that a person can be a dog or cat. That’s right, people are now identifying as animals. You’ll have to deal with that when someone comes into your shelter claiming to identify as a dog. You’ll have to decide as to whether you require a license or neutering.
The current dysphoria that we have with gender will eventually find its way to animal shelters. Suggesting that we use a binary system to identify our animals will cause employee stress, given today’s society. So, the best way to handle this is to form committees to decide the sex of an animal.
I am reminded that in Roanoke the volunteers insisted that a dog was a Great Dane, because they hated when I referred to a dog as being a Pitbull. I can’t blame them, 70% of our dogs were Pitbulls. I agreed to send the dog’s DNA for testing. Guess what? The dog was genetically a Pitbull. 100%!
Fortunately, determining the sex of an animal is pretty simple when you look under the hood and are honest with what you see. Hint: penis = male.
So, in case you are wondering: a woman is an adult female (with the equipment necessary for birthing a baby). Sometimes asks for help opening a jar of pickles. Hint: no penis = female.