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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
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 kindahipster at 15/01/2025 at 09:46 UTC*
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But we do differentiate. Like, society as a whole does. We can't just go "gender doesn't matter!" And then that happens, gender roles have deep, deep roots and a long history and there are still tons of people in this world that truly believe that what genitals you are born with will directly correlate with what hobbies you like, your personality, things you're good at, etc. Even people who don't think they're sexist at all will probably sometimes treat men and women differently, from not asking your guy friend if he wants to get his nails done with you, to the different words we use to compliment different genders, these gender expectations are all over society.
So basically what trans people are saying is "you have a lot of expectations for me based on gender, but all your expectations are wrong, and I actually fit a lot better with your expectations of the other group". Does that mean that a trans woman will love every stereotypical girl thing and hate every stereotypical man thing? No, but they do like and fit with the "woman" category a lot better than the "man" catagory
Comment by Salty_Map_9085 at 15/01/2025 at 08:00 UTC
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I agree we *should* not treat them differently. However we *do* treat them differently. Therefore differentiating them does have a purpose, which is to get that different treatment.
Comment by Competitive_News_385 at 15/01/2025 at 11:49 UTC
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It does serve a purpose though, even if we treat each other equally.
Gender was constructed to enable us to tell the difference between the sexes without having to physically look at their genitals.
I'm sure most people would agree it would be pretty bad to walk around looking into each others underwear to understand what sex each person you meet is.
It's important to know who we wish to date before we date them because we may have future aspirations / plans that require the other person to have certain characteristics to achieve that.
This is why gender exists.