Comment by shivux on 12/01/2025 at 22:10 UTC

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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?

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I’m a “cis binary gendered” person (as far as I know) and have absolutely no idea what anyone means when they talk about an “internal sense of gender identity”.  I’m a man but I don’t think I’ve ever once “felt like a man”, and I’m not sure I even understand what that *would* feel like.  My body parts don’t feel right **or** wrong, just there.  People have tried to explain the feeling to me by talking about how being misgendered feels wrong and gross.  I used to have fairly long hair so it’s happened to me before, but it never felt bad, just kind of funny and awkward.  I like having a beard and I hate wearing makeup, but those are only “manly” traits because society says so.  If I had to somehow determine my gender without any kind of external cues… I don’t think I could.

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