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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
You know by field testing. Lots, and lots, and lots of field testing:
When you're invited to a girl's night out, do you feel like that's a fit for you? If you're not invited to a girl's night out, do you feel jealous?
When you go to a school dance and the boys are all on one side and the girls are all on the other, do you feel uneasy about where to go?
Does the assumption that others make that you're one of the guys or one of the girls make you feel tension, overlooked, or like you're a fraud?
Do you feel conflicted and uncomfortable when assigned to a women-only or men-only dorm in college?
When reading or listening, do you mentally edit "they" in place of generic "he" and the less frequent generic "she"?
Do you avoid dinners and parties where the men and the women self-segregate into separate conversations?
And how about those omnipresent binary public restrooms? And shoe stores, clothing stores, sporting goods stores, athletics leagues, dance classes, etc.
Feel weird and on edge going out to a typical bar or club?
Gravitate more and more to nonbinary and queer groups and events?
Have kids, and feel a knot of tension in your stomach before every interaction with gender normative parents and parenting groups and events?
If you answered yes to any of these, well, you might be a nonbinary.
Comment by Salt-Education7500 at 13/01/2025 at 00:29 UTC
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Holy crap, you low-key improved my understanding about my own gender identity far more than you can possibly imagine. As a stranger to another stranger, thank you!
Comment by One-Load-6085 at 14/01/2025 at 03:47 UTC
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That's just every autistic, shy, introverted etc person ... ever.