"My gender is not something I perform; it is something I am."
I think this is interesting, but I'm not sure what I think about it.
I guess my question comes down to people who experience gender dysphoria, and especially those who choose to transition into a body that they are comfortable with. I don't know. I just don't know what to think of this. I haven't thought that there was anything wrong with that choice. But, could it be a side effect of saying that men are one way, and women another? Then, upon finding that humans aren't that simple, someone feels they need to switch? I don't like the way that sounds for that person. It just feels wrong.
However, I also dislike the idea of dismissing it, because I feel that implies that gender is something more than a social definition.
I don't know. I just don't know.
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