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kindakind@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

nothing to worry about.

Well I don’t really worry about anything, I’m fine with how it is.

Most people don’t really have much of a feeling there either. Don’t overthink it.

But a question which does arise reading this answer is: If most people don’t have a feeling for gender, why does gender even exist in the first place? I view gender as a set of personality traits that are summarized under one term (a gender). If you match the personality traits connected to a certain gender, you have this gender. This makes it easier for people to have a basic overview of your personality without you having to explain much. But if most people actually don’t really correspond to gender norms and don’t have a feeling for their gender, doesn’t gender cease to exist? Isn’t it just your name and your pronouns at this point?

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