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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
True but nonbinary label specifically is a newer concept that OP is suggesting may actually be causing gender discourse to regress further into gender essentialism when the goal should be to get closer to reducing the meaning of gender even if we can't completely get rid of it. If you want to use race as an example, it would be like keeping race as a loose indicator of where your ancestors came from and maybe your genetic predisposition to some health conditions, but completely divorcing it from any relevance to people's personalities or cultures. Nonbinary just reinforces that gender is something innate and natural. When actually masculinity and femininity are completely socially constructed and nonbinary just accepts the former 2's validity and makes a third separate category instead of questioning why we have the categories in the first place. I would rather that everyone could dress and present themselves however they wanted without it having to come from some "innate" gender identity which doesn't actually exist.
Comment by Kadajko at 13/01/2025 at 16:10 UTC
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accepts the former 2's validity
So do most cis people, so do trans people, I'd say trans people are even worse offenders in this situation, they transition from A to B, so they have an unshakable understanding and association with A and B.
Comment by nothanks86 at 13/01/2025 at 21:10 UTC
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It’s not a new concept at all. Societies around the world past and present recognize/d other gender identities than binary man and woman.