Are there only two genders?

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Mr. @simbablk pretty much nailed it.


In real life, I ID as non-binary. On LPSG I default to a female ID since there isn't really an option for any other gender IDs than male, female, trans. I also post in the Womens section. Since I rock boobs and uterus, and I am viewed as a woman here I have no problem slipping around the spectrum.
 
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Simbablk and ML have it.

Gender is a social construction. Sex is something different.

I was born a woman with woman sex parts and for the most part my gender identity aligns with regular woman (I guess?) but I'm also very tomboyish so in essence I identify as a little different than your standard 100% cis woman.
 

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Simbablk and ML have it.

Gender is a social construction. Sex is something different.

I was born a woman with woman sex parts and for the most part my gender identity aligns with regular woman (I guess?) but I'm also very tomboyish so in essence I identify as a little different than your standard 100% cis woman.

i disagree i think gender "roles" are a social construction not the actual genders.
 

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Labels are the death of nuance.

Biology: out of 10,000 people you might find 1 or 2 who aren't XX or XY. And out of a million people, all but a few of the 100-200 who aren't XX or XY still probably function as female or male in everyday life.

Psychology: a handful of people genuinely, sincerely feel like their persona and their biology don't match up.

Sexuality: people love and lust after whomever does it for them. For most, their attractions mesh with their biology, being attracted to their opposite, but not for all. Free will and curiosity can also influence attraction separately from biology.

Sociology: why do we care so much whom others love and lust after?
 
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What ML said. The people who act as though gender identities other than male and female are new or a fad just show how uninformed they are. Learn almost anything about socio-cultural anthropology and you will learn that other gender identities have been around for eons, in many places all over the world. Sex and gender are different things. For many people, they "match up". Male sex, male gender. Female sex, female gender. For some, they do not. That has been the case for a very long time. It only somewhat more recently has become an issue for some reason to people who are largely unaffected by it.
 

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What does "present" mean in the way that you're using it?

Sometimes I'm very feminine in the way I dress/carry myself. Some days I feel less than "girly" and put on androgynous clothing with no attempt to look one way or the other. Some days I straight up put on men's clothes and manspread all over the place (just kidding, if that wasn't obvious :p)

But yeah... Depending on my mood and the daily circumstances I may feel more boyish, or girlish, or neither at all.
 
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Sometimes I'm very feminine in the way I dress/carry myself. Some days I feel less than "girly" and put on androgynous clothing with no attempt to look one way or the other. Some days I straight up put on men's clothes and manspread all over the place (just kidding, if that wasn't obvious :p)

But yeah... Depending on my mood and the daily circumstances I may feel more boyish, or girlish, or neither at all.

Do you feel like you're not a woman when you're dressing androgynous though? Or do you feel like a woman who's wearing what she feels like wearing at the time?
 
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Yes just two .

im understanding trans people that want to change
but even trans people will end up one gender .
I believe you're conflating sex with gender. There are also multiple sexes though. There's male, female, and intersexed. Trans folk are 100% unable to change their sex. They have changed their genders, though. Many seem to believe they go from male to female or vice-versa. I posit that they instead become their own unique gender, and I wish more of them would celebrate that.
 
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Do you feel like you're not a woman when you're dressing androgynous though? Or do you feel like a woman who's wearing what she feels like wearing at the time?

I've always had times where I feel like a man. Always. I just feel like a woman most of the time. So I identify that way.
 
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