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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
Some people express themselves sin stereotypical ways, others don't. The progressive stance is more along the lines of "if this person believes this about themselves, and a reasonable person concludes it doesn't harm them or others, why not respect it?"
Comment by mcbriza at 12/01/2025 at 09:49 UTC
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I can understand that perspective. But I feel that’s leading us down a path to confusion. We all need to have a shared understanding of words and categories in order to have a functioning society, especially when it comes to protected classes. If one person defines a category one way, and another person defines it a different way, that’s incoherent. If one person believes a man is anyone who is stereotypically masculine, and another person believes a man is anyone who is male, it’s not a coherent category. Those are two overlapping, but not mutually inclusive groups of people. That incoherence, and each group not accepting the other group’s definition, is what I think causes so much tension around this topic.
Comment by pen_and_inkling at 12/01/2025 at 13:21 UTC*
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Sure. We apply the same standard to religious beliefs. But importantly, a progressive and tolerant stance does not require anyone to express agreement with anyone’s else’s sincerely-held beliefs…only to honor their right to express them even when others disagree.