Genley Ai and our struggles

In chapter 6, "The Question of Sex," the Investigator Ong Tot Oppong stated that "One is judged only as a human being." (95) on Gethen and that "It is an appalling experience." (95) 

We as people live in a heavily gendered society, apparently one similar to the ones Genly Ai and Ong Tot Oppong are from. Our world is obsessed with both gender and sex. From the moment it's able to be determined, we are labeled by our sex. Blue paint for a boy's room, pink paint for a girl's room. Cars for boys, dolls for girls. Our lives and upbringings are segmented based on race, for no real reason. Our entire society could be categorized into what people attribute to men and what they attribute to women (with women getting the far shorter, more oppressed stick.) On Gethen, these notions do not exist. Male/Female only matters for 5 days and only if you've found a partner to Kemmer with. Those that are always one gender are labeled Perverts and shunned from society. To Gethenians, we are a society of pervets. And we are. Are world revolves around both of sex's definitions. Burgers are sold to us with breasts and romantic comedies are sold with an oiled up six-pack. None of this exists on Gethen. Sex is given a wide berth and remains a solemn and generally romantic notion. Kemmer is both a romantic relationship and a way to reproduce. You can not have children until you've found a romantic partner. You can't market sex to anyone because no one cares about sex unless they are in Kemmer. Genly Ai struggles to understand Gethenians and their ways, for many reasons. He is considered a Pervert, being always male, and is yet to really understand Kemmering and its ways. I believe the reason Genly struggles so much with Gethenian culture is because we struggle with their culture. I believe Genly comes from our Earth. He states that he is from "Terran", a name derived from the latin word Terra, which means earth or land. He labels speed in MpH, but specifically calls that a Terran measurement, the same measurement we use here. Genly is one of us and struggles with the same concepts we are confused about as we read this book.