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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
Yet, it seems that almost every trans person's origin story goes something like "I knew I was a [girl] because I liked [dresses] but my parents/peers said I should like [cars] instead because they said I was a [boy.]" And every time I hear it, a little voice in my head asks, "wait, but isn't it okay for [boys] to like [dresses]?"
You've misunderstood people recognising signs they are trans for the root causes. It's not "I'm trans because I like dresses" it's "I'm trans, and one of the earliest signs was not aligning with gendered norms being pushed on me".
Like others have said, we are intensely social creatures prone to irrational action to conform with one another. This instinct to conform is so strong that you can be compelled to provide an incorrect answer to a question purely based on enough people being incorrect around you.
It's not illogical to think that this instinct can apply to gender, meaning that the push to conform with a gender/ sex you weren't born as may exist. This is what people say they experience initially, which then as your sense of self and others develops can progress to full gender dysphoria.
In other words, it's not that boys can't like dresses, its the actual drive behind liking them that matters.
There's nothing here!