honest question

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There are two genders. The rest is made up horseshit.

>>8513666
Trans people talk about feeling their gender because shit is broken and it doesn't match their body and/or social roles.

Stupid cis people, who don't feel anything like that because everything matches up and works fine, assume that they must be some flavor of pangender/agender and will invent new labels all day until they find one that causes the least cognitive dissonance.

A handful of assholes on both sides realized they can use their gender identity to get attention and panhandle, and here we are today.
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>>8513666
nice satanic trips

here's my understanding of the various genders. before the world met Caitlyn Jenner, gender in the dictionary was defined as a grammatical term describing any "group" of things that shared a notable trait. When gender is used in the context of one's relation to one's own body these days, it's that person's individual understanding of the role they feel their identity and body plays with regard to their social and sexual expression. it's not revisionist tumblr history to state that cultures throughout history across the globe have recognized more than two genders, and didn't consider "gender", or one's sociosexual expression, as existing in a binary. words have meaning, and are useful tools for people who resonate with them. for some female-bodied people, their understanding of the word "demisexual" may be a better way of describing their sociosexual expression than "tomboy" and all the historical baggage that carries. it seems like bullshit, but you have to understand that language and by extension, culture, is constantly in a state of flux. language evolves to describe culture, and culture evolves to expand language. english in particular is extraordinary because of how grossly descriptive it is compared to just about any other language, so it makes sense you get this cavalcade of new terms for gender expression during what seems like the western world's "gender enlightenment". is some of it attention whoring? sure, but every generation does it (emo, grunge, scene, punkrock, all could be classified as "genders" inasmuch as they describe a archetype of social expression). I wouldn't worry about it unless it'll help you understand someone you care deeply about, so that you don't jeapordize a friendship due to ignorance on your part. otherwise, just move along. hope that helps

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>>8514103
I don't feel like my gender matches the social roles that I desire, but how does that make me trans?

>>8513666
I'm pretty much in line with your views, where I feel that just male and female suffice, and most other non-binary identities are just people splitting hairs to give themselves a label. You can totally be a masculine woman or a feminine man, as there isn't really a requirement you need to meet in order to personally identify as either. The furthest I'd believe outside of this is just people saying they're completely androgynous or something, but that's about it.