• zazo@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Exactly? As in, I identify as gender fluid not because my gender defines me, but precisely because the binary “male” and “female” genders don’t directly apply to my identity, so a new term that better aligns with how I feel is useful.

    So if it’s “silly” to “create” a “new” gender, what do you suggest as an alternative?

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      11 months ago

      Hope this isn’t an offensive question to ask - but what do you mean by “how I feel”?

      Because, by example, I am a man. I know this because I have the reproductive organs of a man. I am “more manly” than some men, and “less manly” than some other men. But I am a man, regardless of how I feel, dress, act or look.

      In my current understanding of gender, being gender fluid would require the hot swapping of your reproductive organs.

      So - genuinely (if you want to…) - can you help me understand what you mean by what you said? Perhaps I can become less ignorant without exposing my ignorance to the real world.