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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
A social construct about the relative worth of something is different than a social construct about how someone personally feels internally and present themselves.
Comment by Old_Squash5250 at 13/01/2025 at 13:13 UTC
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Obviously, but what it is to be a man (for example) is not a fact about how someone personally feels internally and presents themselves. I didn't say that a person's *gender identity* doesn't depend on how they identify and present themselves.
Comment by flimflam_machine at 14/01/2025 at 19:28 UTC*
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The social construct isn't about what a dollar is worth, it's about whether any given item is a dollar. If everyone can apply their own criteria for whether something is a dollar or not then I can claim that a rock I found in the street is a dollar and oblige you to accept it as payment. For the social construct to continue to function there has to be a reasonable degree of consensus at that level.