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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
Gender is a political class. Either you're on top, so you're a man.
Or you're on the bottom, so you're a woman.
Sex is a motivated reasoning theory which aims to ground the political inequality of gender into a natural explanation. "If the inequality is natural, then we don't need to fix it".
(Sometimes, certain cultures will have a 3rd category for failed men - men who disgrace themselves by not being proper agents of patriarchal dominance in some way, so that, by belonging in this 3rd category, they don't bring shame to all men.
Sometimes, certain cultures will have a 3rd category for particularly impressive women - women who are called upon to serve the community in an outstanding way, such that, by belonging to this exceptional category, they don't bring glory to all women (and perturb the inequality of patriarchy).)
Comment by Soft-Rains at 15/01/2025 at 10:44 UTC
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Every society has gender, and that includes a variety of non patriarchal ones. Gender as a political class is only a subsection of gender as a social construct.
Sex is a biological observation that we also make about other species. Noticing sexual dimorphism is not inherently a reinforcement of any societal structure
Comment by hulaw2007 at 15/01/2025 at 12:56 UTC
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Interesting. Where did you get that from? Seriously. My daughter has a non binary friend she has known since high school. The friend used to say she was lesbian but they have changed their name and they seem to be doing well now that they are not living with their mother anymore. It's hard for me to understand, but I do try. My daughters friend is a really good person who has had a hard time growing up, etc. She came over to our house while they were both in high school and spoke with me and my wife about our journeys to being ok with who we are, that being cis gendered lesbians. I think they didn't have Any other outlets for help in the gay community at that time. We did our best to be open-minded and helpful.
My children are the real stars. They are all very understanding and accepting of differences of all kinds.