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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
If may offer another perspective as a nonbinary person. Man and woman are archetypes that have been developing for thousands of years. Because of the culture we were raised most if not all people have some internal sense of the ideal man and woman. Everyone has different ideas about what said ideal is but they all tie back to a greater concept that exists outside the individual and can never be fully understood by the individual. A man in my opinion is someone who's interested in pursuing the ideal of man and vice versa. A nonbinary person is someone who's disinterested in pursuing either ideal like myself. I have no interest or investment in the idea of being a man or transitioning and trying to be a woman. There are other ideals that I value and base my identity around instead.
Comment by mcbriza at 12/01/2025 at 17:45 UTC
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I understand your perspective. I think the disconnect is that I feel that notion is further entrenching those stereotypes of what it means to be a man instead of rejecting them entirely.
The way I interpret your stance is, there is a right way to be a man, outside of being male, and you’re not interested in fulfilling those expectations (i.e., stereotypes) so you’re not a man. By rejecting the stereotypes *and* the label, you’re inadvertently saying the stereotypes do define the label.
As opposed to saying, those expectations *don’t* define what it means to be a man, but I can still hold onto the label of man and act or dress any way I want. I think that’s what OP is getting at.