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Do you think gender roles in society play a role or is it biological?

So to me, gender/sex, race, ethnicity, physical disabilities, etc... none of that has ever mattered to me. As long as you were human, I'd consider you my equal, and worthy of being my friend.

But looking around work and at my school, and in the public in general, segregation is still quite common. Most people who hang out together seem to be of the same sex and the same race. Like over here you have a group of all Black dudes hanging out, and over there is a group of only White women, and over there is a group of Indian women, and over there is a group of slightly tanned Hispanic dudes...

To me, personally, that has never mattered. If anything, I went out of my way to talk to a large variety of people, so I can learn more and am not just limited to one world view or mindset. Plus, I wanna have a large variety of people as my friends-not people who all think, look, and act all basically nearly the same.

I don't have any super close friends in general, as I prefer to keep to myself and don't like opening up to people... in that case I have absolutely 0 friends except for my mom and dad... but I have several casual friends of each and every race/ethnicity/nationality. And it's great, really. I get to learn so much more.

But most people around me seem to only stick to people who are most like themselves, so... while the majority of people are not racist like they were back then, race still seems to play a role in society, liking it or not.

To be clear, I’m not talking about intersex or gender identity, I'm talking about true biological hermaphrodites. Fully functional male+female reproductive abilities, you can get pregnant & you can impregnate others. In terms of what the average person would look like (body/facial hair, muscle/fat distribution) and how 2 sets of genitals would... work, I'll leave that up to your imagination. Keep in mind though, if everybody can have kids, they'll probably need a way to feed them.

This has been on my mind for a while, I'm wondering what people think the society, culture, and basic interactions would be like. Compared to our world, do you think this hypothetical world would be better? I can think of a few reasons why/why not.

Pros:
Best of both worlds - you get both parts, 2 types of orgasms, you wouldn't be missing out on anything. You could live whatever life you want. You want to take care of kids, you want to do hard labor, work in fashion design, get a PhD? You want to go out and seduce people into your own personal harem? No gender roles hold you back, go out and do it.
Twice the dating pool - no sex preferences, any crush could be 2-sided.
Gender Equality - no sexism, we could discriminate against people for other things.

Cons:
Overpopulation - everybody can get pregnant, birthrates could potentially go way up.
Plenty of people are happy the way they are - don’t fix what isn’t broken, right?
Worst of both worlds - can't have the good without the bad, everyone would have to worry about periods, awkward boners, and pressure to live up to various expectations. But also more serious issues like genital mutilation or sexual assault.

I’ve heard people say as a con that nobody would be unique, but keep in mind, people would still have different personalities, beliefs, etc. It wouldn’t mean the end of individuality.
All in all, it wouldn't be a utopia by any means, but I think that world would be better, what about you?