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[–]MarkTwainiac 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think the whole enterprise whereby people personally "identify as" various "genders," "gender identities," as well as other "identities," is completely asinine, puerile, performative, phony and unhealthy.

When individuals "identify as" something, they are either claiming to be something they are not - such as a member of the opposite sex, a person of no sex, or a person in between the sexes - or to be something that's only been invented recently, such as non-binary, otherkin, or some other newfangled "identity" meant to make them seem less ordinary than they are.

I think everyone would be much better off if the newly-fashionable phrase "I/you/she/he/they identify as" & the concept behind it were retired from use.

To see how ridiculous it all is, whenever you hear people talk about their "gender identities," replace the word "gender" with "flavor."