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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
Yeah, I think the force of habit would be significant. You're used to your name and your gender identity and it therefore has inertia. Without a strong drive to charge it, you might be tempted to keep it. But the fact that you can keep it in this hypothetical suggests to me that you're fairly comfortable gendering genderless things (and I think most of us are).
It sounds like for you it's only when you are in a male body that the challenge becomes great enough that you might abandon your gender identity.
I think that speaks to the notion that genderless expression isn't something most people understand or connect with. Female identity in a male body creates a dysphoria that needs to be resolved, but female identity in a neutral body isn't in conflict.
I think that's interesting. Personally, I suspect I would switch to a neutral identity if I had a neutral body. I don't feel strongly about my male identity and I think I mostly default to it out of convenience.
Comment by Costiony at 14/01/2025 at 21:32 UTC
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Yeah, I think that makes sense.
I don't really know what a gender identity means, and I think most people default to their sex, not necessarily out of convenience, but rather because they just don't feel that "gender identity" at all. Or maybe thats just me, maybe I don't care for choosing anything, so I accept what was given me.😅
Thanks for your response!