RE: Assuming a Gender Identity
January 25, 2019 at 8:44 am
(This post was last modified: January 25, 2019 at 8:46 am by Acrobat.)
(January 25, 2019 at 3:04 am)PRJA93 Wrote: You seem to be unhealthily obsessed with this subject. I can't tell if you're actually a non-binary person (if I'm using the term correctly) or if you're using all of this rhetorically to make some weird point. And while you're free to discuss anything you want here on this forum (so long as you're following forum rules), if you're this focused on this part of your life you should probably talk to a professional about it, or try your luck on an LGBT forum with a much more informed community than what we have here. While I'm sure there are LGBT members on this forum, you'd probably have better luck talking to those members directly, if you know who they are, than to keep making threads about this where you just seem to be trying to debate with people.
No one seems to be giving you the answers you need/want to hear, so I'm confused as to why you keep bringing this up. You've proven yourself to be pretty intellectually disingenuous in other threads on this forum, so excuse me for being a bit suspicious. I totally support LGBT people and would consider myself an ally (for whatever that's worth, obviously) but you seem to be really wound up on this subject. I highly suggest talking to a professional therapist that specializes in these types of issues or discussing this issue on an LGBT forum. Just a piece of advice. Good luck to you.
No, I'm not obsessed with this subject. I just find it interesting, perhaps more interesting that someone like yourself might.
What I find interesting about it is something thats not exclusive to the LGBTQ community, but Gender Identity, even if one sees themselves as cisgender. What does it mean for anyone to identify as female or male, what are some of the components of this identity, since this question is separate from that of the status of our physical body.
If I think of the male components of my identity, I think of my aggressiveness, assertiveness, the draw of a patriarchal family structures, preference for an appearance that's rugged and "manly" and not dainty or pretty. But I can also think of competing elements traditionally associated with females that i also posses, hence why I'm inclined to see my self as non-binary.
I'm comfortable enough to say it doesn't matter to me one way or the other if I'm cisgender or non-binary, so I don't actively feel the need to make that distinction for the most part. But if I try and contemplate the meanings of these things, what label best fits me, I think it's non-binary.
But at the same time, others here express doubts, and skepticism, that I am not using the label appropriately, though I have been honest about my history, and components that lead me to this conclusion. I don't care so much what you think of me personally. I think it's interesting to hear people express what they think gender identity is. Doing so from the perspective of my non-binary status, is good conduit in my view.
And contrary to what you believe, I'm not looking for any specific answers, just in the discussion itself.
Quote: You've proven yourself to be pretty intellectually disingenuous in other threads on this forum, so excuse me for being a bit suspicious.
I don't think I've been disingenuous, if you think I have in other threads please let me know why you think that. I know that people have a tendency to see people that strong disagree with their views, or are critical of their beliefs as disingenuous. I mean how many apologist, religious debaters, don't get accused of being dishonest by atheists?
