If the mind/body mismatch was true then what should the body of a non binary or gender fluid person look like?

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[–]alladd 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

NB people don't really have any body dysmorphia issues. Their identity is a reactive one; without a contrasting Other to pretend to be better and more interesting than, their identity has no internal definition of its own. It doesn't exist when they are alone. Even the title non-binary does not define a gender but a category of gender, alluding to its pointlessly defiant motivation: I'm whatever everyone else isn't.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Unfortunately there are lots of people getting nullification surgery now.

[–]alladd 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'd group NB people into two categories, which are bored kids looking for attention (~99%), and then BME weirdos who like how depersonalizing the label is (and were probably identifying as a snake or something five years ago). The latter group was never going to make it. The former might be pushed by the latter into considering some weird shit, but hopefully they're not so myopic and narcissistic that they go through with it.