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A lot of non-binary people I know have brought this issue up. Non-binary has become its own box in certain areas of society. Non-binary means being stereotypica
by elil17 6y ago
A lot of non-binary people I know have brought this issue up. Non-binary has become its own box in certain areas of society. Non-binary means being stereotypically androgynous, and androgyny means having no breasts, no beard, no make-up, and “boy” clothes.
In certain social circles, well intentioned people will assume that anyone who looks like a flat chested woman dressed in men’s clothes is non-binary. Meanwhile, they’ll assume that anyone who looks like a man wearing women’s clothes is a trans woman. In reality, the “man in a dress” could be non-binary and the flat chested woman could be a trans woman.
I don’t really have a proposed solution to this problem, I just think it’s interesting to note how gender roles can shift so much over time but in other ways remain so rigid.