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I Have Gender Identity Issues

I am pleased to have opened discussion on this. A lot of ideas are based on ignorance. Some on belief. Over to you.

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Sharon · F

A person's gender (masculinity/femininity) doesn't necessarily align with their sex in a given society.

LilirWyddfa · F

Thank you for your reply. Which opens up things wider. @Sharon

SW-User

@Sharon masculinity/ femininity are social constructs which create a false binary

Sharon · F

@SW-User I agree they're social constructs, which is why I specified "...in a given society." I can see how some would interpret them as a binary but, in reality, they're the opposite extremes of a continuum.

SW-User

@Sharon Individual behaviors yes. The qualities people rate as stereotypically masculine and stereotypical feminine can occur on the high or low end. I score highly on both stereotypically masculine qualities and stereotypically feminine, others score low on both and then there are those who score high on one only.