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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
I would say it might possibly be based on what a MAJORITY of individuals from that category do. If I saw one person of a particular race eating a certain kind of food, would that mean all people of that race love that particular food? No, it would not. You even pointed it out yourself. If MEN (majority) do x, this can have an effect on y. Currently, the majority does not do x, so x is then NOT something that the majority of men do. If the majority of men did x, then x would become a normal thing that most men do. One person doing something doesn’t change the definition of any category they belong to. I don’t really care who agrees with me or doesn’t. You can’t just do something and go “this is now something that x category does”. It absolutely does not work that way.
Comment by poli_trial at 12/01/2025 at 20:40 UTC
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I would say it might possibly be based on what a MAJORITY of individuals from that category do.
It does not requite a majority at all. It happens at the intersection of imagined possibility and cultural acceptance.
You can’t just do something and go “this is now something that x category does”. It absolutely does not work that way.
Actually, that is how it works. It doesn't just happen instantly, bur rather over time. For example, we don't think of child-rearing as a male responsibility in the US. At the same time, in Sweden it is and that's because that's something that men within that society do and was shaped by individual choices and by government policy over time. If it weren't possible to do change gender role, such a change or shift wouldn't be possible either.
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As it relates to gender roles, it's very similar. If a person alone says "I'm non-binary", it doesn't make the non-binary category a thing. The core argument here is then that energy put towards creating new gender categories could be instead used on loosening the gender roles that exist. OP seems to believe this would be a better outcome and I tend to agree with her.