the more i try to explain gender to cis people the more i understand plato's allegory of a cave

plato: the shadows are like a surface level understanding and coming out of the cave and seeing the actual objects is what being a philosopher is like

me: this is stupid and pretentious

cis person: girl is when pink and flower and boy is when blue and guns

me: oh no theyre still in the cave

FUCK.

Adding "oh no they're still in the cave" to my vocabulary.