Am I the only one sick of the "non-binary"?

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[–]annatheginguh 44 insightful - 4 fun44 insightful - 3 fun45 insightful - 4 fun -  (6 children)

This shit's so dumb. I am nothing like what's expected of me as a woman. But am I still a woman? Of-fucking-course I am! What's the point of non-binary except to just confuse teenagers and to make others feel special because they're "not like other girls"?

[–]SpatOuttheKoolaid 41 insightful - 10 fun41 insightful - 9 fun42 insightful - 10 fun -  (3 children)

Dumb, depressing, and dystopian. Being a woman is an insult now. Apparently the concept of personality is now outdated, it's all about "gender". I know a 50 something year old married lesbian turned TRA (though I can guarantee she'd be a "terf" too because she absolutely doesn't do "girldick") that feels the need to periodically announce on Facebook that some days she "feels like a woman" but some days she "feels like a man". Some days she wears pants and doesn't put on makeup, folks--can you imagine that?! Everyone else must know this and applaud it--how stunning and brave to come out as a non stereotype!

[–]annatheginguh 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've had my own experience with calling myself nonbinary, and it was the most depressing time in my life. (I actually posted about it on reddit about a month and a half ago. I might repost it here for posterity if nothing else.)

What I dislike most about all this we're never able to call them out on it anywhere they can see, otherwise we're "promoting hate based on identity or vulnerability" and silenced. We're relegated and confined to our own spaces where we can be easily branded as a hateful community. It's ridiculous. I really hope more people are peaking now.

[–]DimDroog 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I know a 50 something year old married lesbian turned TRA (though I can guarantee she'd be a "terf" too because she absolutely doesn't do "girldick") that feels the need to periodically announce on Facebook that some days she "feels like a woman" but some days she "feels like a man".

Jesus, she is old enough to remember Anne Lennox, Patti Smith and Grace Jones too.

What happened?

[–]Beth-BR[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I sometimes 'felt like a man' becouse of my laid back mindset, but I've never identified as anything other than a proud woman defying bad stereotypes. Other women in my family, media even some I knew made me feel like I was special, but I'm not. Women are just not like this. I love women, they are badass no matter how gender conforming or unconforming they are.

[–]PainfulTruthsMatter 22 insightful - 2 fun22 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That's literally all it is. They've done their googling, and they believe they can adopt a special new identity that will make them feel whole.

[–]NeedMoreCoffee~=[,,_,,]=^_^= 14 insightful - 3 fun14 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

The point of non binary is if you think you are gender non conforming and you want to make that a personality because you are so vapid and boring otherwise.