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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
Exactly, I feel like nonbinary and such identities are a way to conform to conservative views on gender and not rock the boat as much. Imagine if people just presented however they wanted and if they were asked by bigots about their identity they just said their biological sex? That would go much further to breaking stereotypes about what a man and a woman has to act like instead of thinking that if you act different YOU are the problem and need to relabel yourself to fit in.
Comment by mcove97 at 13/01/2025 at 16:09 UTC
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As a woman who does exactly this, that is my goal. To break gendered stereotypes and expectations, to show people that you can in fact identify with your sex, without feeling like you are your sex. You don't need to feel like you are a woman to be a woman. You can be a woman without feeling internally that you are a woman because that's just how you were born and that's okay. The sex you are born with doesn't have to and shouldn't determine the way you express yourself or what kind of things you like.