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The subject is born and told they are “gender A”, rather than the alternative: “gender B”. They observe that in the world around them (media, etc.), “gender A”
by jakear 4y ago
The subject is born and told they are “gender A”, rather than the alternative: “gender B”.
They observe that in the world around them (media, etc.), “gender A” implies X, Y, and Z traits, and “gender B” implies W, R, and T traits.
The subject does not feel they exhibit exclusively X Y and Z traits nor exclusively W R and T traits, but rather some mixture of the two.
The subject then has two options. Reject the worldview claiming A=>XYZ B=>WRT, in flavor of a more dynamic classification scheme; or introduce a new category, C, which maps to their experienced subset of XYZWRT.
I’ve seen no evidence to support one approach being more valid than the other.