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[–]Horror-SwordfishI don't get how flairs work 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I can understand being trans, and, honestly, as long as someone's not an asshole about it and are a grown-ass adult, they can do whatever they want. I still believe that body-altering surgery and presenting yourself as the opposite sex is probably not the best way to handle gender dysphoria (much like liposuction is probably not the best way to deal with anorexia, which is also body dysmorphia), but if that's all we know how to do about it for now, fine.

But non-binary I just cannot wrap my head around. I would love to be able to get into the brain of one of these people and find out what exactly they're thinking when they come to the conclusion that they are neither man nor woman, neither male nor female. I just can't believe that there are women out there that are thinking to themselves, 'Well, I don't really FEEL womanly. I guess maybe I feel a LITTLE masculine. I should go ahead and start growing out all my body hair, get a short hair cut, and have my breasts surgically removed.'

Like, I guess if you want a cosmetic mastectomy done, that's fine? But it seems to veer so very close to, "Doctor, I really FEEL like a quadraplegic, but all of my limbs exist and are functioning. Can you please remove them?" and the doctor applauding their bravery. How are the social circles these people belong to pretending that this is anything but crazy?

[–]TransspeciesUnicornI sexually identify as a mythical sparkly equine 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I think the real problem with non-binary is that saying you're neither a man or a woman doesn't mean much when you can't define what a man and a woman are in the first place. It's like saying "I'm a non-xdfsdf. What's a non-xdfsdf? It's someone who is neither a daewofi or a xdfkowie."