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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
Read some articles: many women have questioned their woman hood after having a masectomy, after having a hysterectomy, after finding out they are infertile.
Being human is about perspective created by experiences over the lifetime, people KNOWING things innately cannot be trusted. Perspectives change over time, or people are capable of being brainwashed to new perspectives.
The argument that gender is a social construct therefore you not wanting to align with any stereotypes and perform gender is OKAY however this idea that there is an INNATE sense of lacking gender, it sounds stupid to a lot of people. I researched non binary and a lot of the underlying reasoning just sounds lalala. Not the same for trans or asexuality.
the funniest part is every non binary person I know performs gender all the time, they dress androgynously, they paint their nails, they mix and match traditionally feminine and masculine clothing. they are still playing the game.
Comment by Mu5hroomHead at 13/01/2025 at 23:44 UTC*
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You explained this wonderfully. I believe some of these people have internalized society’s gender stereotypes and they’re searching for an innate sense of gender that doesn’t exist. I personally don’t have an innate sense of my gender (cis-woman). However, I do have a sense of the gender stereotypes that apply to me, based on society.