[Serious] Please convince me gender is binary

[Aegon]

I'm on mobile in an airport, but gender is seen as binary because for a long time now the world has decided gender is intrinsically linked to biological sex. It hasn't always been. Different cultures throughout history have had varying interpretations of gender, most commonly incorporating a third gender. I've seen evidence (historical and contemporary) of this in India and Mexico, but there are more examples even in ancient western civ.

It hasn't always been the strict man/woman binary, and I think the recent rejection of what we commonly accept without question is pretty cool. It's forcing us as a society to question our traditions, which is vital.

Race is the exact same way. Italian immigrants weren't considered white in the United States in 1920. Now they are. Our concept of race changed, and what meant "white" changed. Between the trans acceptance movement and the objection to "toxic masculinity," I think we are seeing the same shift right now, in real time. We're witnessing history