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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
Gender is a *social* construct. This means a persons gender is defined extrinsically, not intrinsically. Being a man or a woman cannot be whatever you want it to be because man and woman are categories defined by society, not just yourself. Saying you are nonbinary means that you want people to treat you as neither a man nor a woman, just like saying you’re a trans man, for instance, means that you want people to treat you as a man.
Comment by most_person at 14/01/2025 at 21:59 UTC
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So is gender just an adjective? And if going by sex is that still female / male? Or is nonbinary a sex category?
Comment by [deleted] at 15/01/2025 at 03:27 UTC
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Comment by [deleted] at 15/01/2025 at 07:18 UTC
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I think what they are trying to convey is we shouldn’t treat men or women differently.
That men and women should not have societal differences.
If this is true, differentiating them has no purpose.
Comment by TheRemanence at 15/01/2025 at 13:25 UTC
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I do think language has evolved and there is a generational divide here on semantics. There are women out there who don't want to be treated in relation to their gender and don't particularly feel like a woman vs a person. I think a lot of gen z in this category may consider themselves NB whereas older women in this category consider themselves women but want to fight for a broader societal concept of womanhood. Neither is right or wrong per se. Personally I see gender as a spectrum and NB is 3rd category in the middle but is still on a spectrum in itself.