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Just to make sure I understand what you're saying, someone who identifies outside of the gender binary has a mental disorder?
by kelseyfrog 3y ago
Just to make sure I understand what you're saying, someone who identifies outside of the gender binary has a mental disorder?
- huytersd 3y ago[flagged]
- datascienced 3y agoFeels like 1952 again. When Alan Turing was jailed for homosexuality. To be generous I would say maybe some people have a disorder and that causes them to state they are non binary, but the implication isn’t the other way. Similarly a mental disorder may make someone obsessed with levels and coding 80hrs a week!
- obunta 3y ago[flagged]
- huytersd 3y ago[flagged]
- obunta 3y agoAdherence to cultural sex stereotypes is a spectrum, isn't it? Within the context mentioned by the other commenter, that's what "non binary" refers to: not behaving in an entirely feminine or masculine manner.
- huytersd 3y ago[flagged]
- obunta 3y agoI think we may be talking past each other. How does what you're saying relate to the "non binary" concept?
- huytersd 3y ago[flagged]
- kelseyfrog 3y agoHow much do you know about reification as it applies to the field of sociology? It might be something worth looking into.
- huytersd 3y agoI don’t think your genetic makeup is an abstraction.
- kelseyfrog 3y agoI'm not following your reasoning. It appears to be disjointed. Please explain
- huytersd 3y agoReification is the false assumption of using something abstract to make an objective classification. My point is in this case the underlying is not abstract, it’s as objective as it gets (your genetic makeup is a fact).
- kelseyfrog 3y agoThings that are grounded can be reified. That's often the case. Grounding gender in chromosomes doesn't mean that gender isn't being reified.
- dustedcodes 3y ago[flagged]
- kelseyfrog 3y agoHow did you arrive at this conclusion?
- obunta 3y agoThe "gender binary" itself is just cultural sex stereotyping, so pretty much everyone is "non-binary" in practice. As almost no-one behaves as the caricature of femininity or masculinity that some people have unfortunately come to believe represents women and men. So it's not really a useful concept at all, and certainly not as an indication of mental disorder.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]