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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
Id look into jungian psychology to help you explain it a bit better. Man and woman are archetypes. A man is someone interested in pursuing that archetype and integrating it into the self and vice versa for women. A nonbinary person is someone disinterested in those archetypes or values then way less than most people. At least that's my opinion on it.
Comment by Mu5hroomHead at 13/01/2025 at 22:55 UTC*
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As a cis-woman, this makes no sense to me. I have never thought about pursuing my woman archetype when I’m going about my day. I don’t choose how I behave, my hobbies, my career choice, my clothing, etc., based on trying to fit my gender or my archetype. There is no inherent sense of how I should be based on my sex.
On the other hand, I do all of this stuff because of what society expects of me as a woman. However, these are gender stereotypes. And I try to break them as much as I can. I’ll wear whatever I want, I’ll behave as “unwomanly” as I want, I’ll do “manly” tasks and enjoy “manly” hobbies. That’s how I try to break gender stereotypes. I believe creating a new gender identity in order to reject either gender only perpetuates the stereotypes and gender roles.
I’m wondering if non-binary people are searching for something inside that doesn’t exist? My belief is that gender doesn’t exist. We are either male or female (just like all animals), and some of us are born in the wrong body and through gender-affirming surgery, they can achieve the body they were meant to be in. That is all. Everything else is affirming gender stereotypes.
Comment by [deleted] at 12/01/2025 at 17:17 UTC*
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