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[Serious] Please convince me gender is binary
RE: Please convince me gender is binary
(February 3, 2019 at 11:57 am)Jehanne Wrote:
(February 3, 2019 at 11:00 am)bennyboy Wrote: Any time someone falls out of the bell curve in a psychological sense, you have to wonder if there's something else there as well. 

Homosexuality, once upon a time, was listed on the DSM as being a mental illness; ditto for cross-dressing and being a trans.  No longer.

And, so, who are you to judge?  And, by what authority??

I feel like you didn't read my whole post.  Point form: 
(1) people get creeped out by "other";  
(2) exposure in media is changing that by making people more familiar, even though they are unlikely to meet many trans or non-binary people in their daily lives; 
(3) I can relate to you more than you think

As for DSM, part of the trick is that mental disorders are very much determined by one's inability to function normally in life-- but we can see that a big part of that isn't just how YOU are, but how other people cope with interacting with you.

Not worth the huff, but huff away if you like it. I asked some serious questions about trans thinking, but you really shut me out by just going with a one-line rage instead of engaging with me. Sad
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Please convince me gender is binary - by tackattack - January 25, 2019 at 2:59 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Tiberius - January 26, 2019 at 12:54 pm
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Shell B - January 26, 2019 at 10:03 pm
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Shell B - January 27, 2019 at 10:19 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Abaddon_ire - January 26, 2019 at 3:08 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Brian37 - January 26, 2019 at 6:33 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - January 27, 2019 at 4:39 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Anomalocaris - January 27, 2019 at 5:24 am
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - January 27, 2019 at 8:59 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - January 27, 2019 at 5:56 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Anomalocaris - January 27, 2019 at 11:52 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by EgoDeath - January 27, 2019 at 6:48 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by DLJ - January 27, 2019 at 12:50 pm
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Shell B - January 27, 2019 at 5:27 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by AFTT47 - January 27, 2019 at 9:38 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by polymath257 - January 27, 2019 at 10:09 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - January 27, 2019 at 11:29 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - January 27, 2019 at 4:48 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Anomalocaris - January 28, 2019 at 2:50 am
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - January 27, 2019 at 5:31 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - January 28, 2019 at 3:15 am
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Shell B - January 28, 2019 at 1:06 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - January 28, 2019 at 10:35 am
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - January 28, 2019 at 7:48 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by The Grand Nudger - January 29, 2019 at 12:06 am
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by tackattack - January 29, 2019 at 11:14 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by DLJ - February 1, 2019 at 10:10 am
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by tackattack - January 29, 2019 at 12:01 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Anomalocaris - January 29, 2019 at 1:08 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - January 29, 2019 at 2:46 pm
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - January 29, 2019 at 7:36 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - January 29, 2019 at 9:09 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by The Grand Nudger - January 29, 2019 at 10:09 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - January 29, 2019 at 11:13 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by EgoDeath - January 30, 2019 at 11:48 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by tackattack - January 30, 2019 at 12:44 pm
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - January 30, 2019 at 3:17 pm
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 4, 2019 at 9:50 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 4, 2019 at 11:20 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 5, 2019 at 4:58 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 5, 2019 at 8:18 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 2, 2019 at 10:08 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 3, 2019 at 12:02 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 3, 2019 at 10:38 am
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 3, 2019 at 11:57 am
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 3, 2019 at 2:52 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 3, 2019 at 6:15 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 4, 2019 at 7:58 am
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 3, 2019 at 2:16 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by tackattack - February 4, 2019 at 9:35 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 4, 2019 at 7:19 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by tackattack - February 5, 2019 at 11:51 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 6, 2019 at 10:30 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 5, 2019 at 3:27 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 6, 2019 at 12:38 am
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 6, 2019 at 7:57 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 6, 2019 at 9:48 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 6, 2019 at 11:10 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 6, 2019 at 2:02 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by The Grand Nudger - February 6, 2019 at 10:32 am
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 6, 2019 at 8:14 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 6, 2019 at 9:33 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 7, 2019 at 9:21 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 7, 2019 at 9:54 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 7, 2019 at 10:26 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 7, 2019 at 10:46 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by tackattack - February 6, 2019 at 12:45 pm
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 6, 2019 at 8:39 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 7, 2019 at 2:33 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 7, 2019 at 10:38 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 8, 2019 at 5:17 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 9, 2019 at 7:54 am
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 9, 2019 at 5:26 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by tackattack - February 7, 2019 at 5:41 pm
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 7, 2019 at 8:29 pm
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 9, 2019 at 10:45 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 10, 2019 at 12:29 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 11, 2019 at 9:48 am
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 11, 2019 at 10:46 am
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RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by Jehanne - February 11, 2019 at 2:34 pm
RE: Please convince me gender is binary - by bennyboy - February 11, 2019 at 8:11 pm
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