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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
Gender role, and gender expression aren't gender
Regardless of if I "act like a man" (which is all socially constructed) I still don't feel that being a man is incongruent to me. I am myself, and that happens to be a man. To use logic, as you requested, just because **you** feel something doesn't mean that everyone else does. To you, gender may feel fake, to others, this isn't the case.
Comment by btafd1 at 13/01/2025 at 02:31 UTC
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Gender is quite literally made up. It is a social construct. It isn’t a matter of to me or to you. It is a social construct. It is made up, and it is taught in society. It unfortunately IS a prominent part of society, but it should not be. The notion of gender is obsolete. If by magic everyone stopped ever referring to the concept of gender again and the future generations were never taught about it, gender roles would disappear and no one would need to develop a “gender identity”. It isn’t something naturally inside you. It is literally a byproduct of the social construct that is gender, and overall, that construct has done more harm than good. Society will evolve when we decide to move past it.