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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
This hits the nail on the head (except for the label of "agender" which still implies acceptance of gender as a framework of categories for people).
Comment by kwantsu-dudes at 14/01/2025 at 15:20 UTC
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Words are used to convey meaning.
"Agender" is a short hand I'm using to express "without gender identity". Same with other such words like asexual or atypical.
It's not some "identity", it's utilizing our language to express a concept.
Agender by itself **rejects** the gender identity framework by declaring that people exist outside of such. That people don't have to conclude any such thing. That doesn't give some "credence" to those that believe they are within such, it simply attacks the idea that everyone must be inside this framework.
You can recognize labels by what is attempting to be conveyed by them without "validating" their aspect of "truth".