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[Serious] Non-binary
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RE: Non-binary
(June 11, 2021 at 3:51 am)Foxaire Wrote: Be forewarned that the opinions expressed below may offend you

The definition of Nonbinary is as follows:

Quote:Non-binary (also spelled nonbinary) or genderqueer is an umbrella term for gender identities that are neither male nor female‍—‌identities that are outside the gender binary.

From a scientific, biological, and objectively reasonable perspective, there are only two genders. Male or female. This is a fact that cannot be disputed.

How someone wishes to identify, however, is an entirely different matter, and lately I have found myself being more against the ill logics of the nonbinary movement despite being a part of the gay community. The reason for this is quite simple: I can no more support the delusion of a nonbinary concept any more than I can the concept of a deity that does not exist. Granted, how one wishes to identify in relation to the nonbinary ideology is not harmful to others. Therefore, I have no qualms accepting how others wish to identify. Yet, in spite of this, I cannot fully accept being nonbinary is in any way rational.

I can accept inclusivity up to a reasonable point, but once it no longer resembles logic I cannot in good conscience accept it as a reality.

Look at it this way: we all have some inherent masculinity or femininity inside of us. (Think Carl Jung.) But we also have inner aspects that are androgynous. Nonbinary people simply identify most with that "androgynous inner self." 

I know that folks, like Jordan Peterson, really like Jung's emphasis on embracing our maleness or femaleness respectively. But I think a careful reading of Jung's phenomenology produces a proto-theory of gender fluidity. Of course, you have to dismiss many of Jung's outdated opinions and do your own thinking about the matter. But that's how I've always assessed his phenomenology. 

In the end, just like some guys are feminine and some women masculine, so too are there people who don't identify with their sex, yet neither do they identify with the opposite sex.
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Non-binary - by Silver - June 11, 2021 at 3:51 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 11, 2021 at 3:53 am
RE: Non-binary - by Belacqua - June 11, 2021 at 4:47 am
RE: Non-binary - by HappySkeptic - June 11, 2021 at 9:45 am
RE: Non-binary - by arewethereyet - June 11, 2021 at 9:57 am
RE: Non-binary - by onlinebiker - June 11, 2021 at 10:10 am
RE: Non-binary - by Neo-Scholastic - June 11, 2021 at 11:03 am
RE: Non-binary - by Belacqua - June 11, 2021 at 11:51 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Architect Of Fate - June 11, 2021 at 11:25 am
RE: Non-binary - by no one - June 11, 2021 at 11:41 am
RE: Non-binary - by onlinebiker - June 11, 2021 at 11:49 am
RE: Non-binary - by purplepurpose - June 11, 2021 at 11:58 am
RE: Non-binary - by brewer - June 11, 2021 at 12:04 pm
RE: Non-binary - by vulcanlogician - June 11, 2021 at 12:45 pm
RE: Non-binary - by John 6IX Breezy - June 12, 2021 at 2:33 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Neo-Scholastic - June 12, 2021 at 7:20 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Belacqua - June 12, 2021 at 7:44 pm
RE: Non-binary - by John 6IX Breezy - June 12, 2021 at 8:46 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 12, 2021 at 9:28 pm
RE: Non-binary - by John 6IX Breezy - June 12, 2021 at 10:49 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Belacqua - June 13, 2021 at 12:43 am
RE: Non-binary - by Paleophyte - June 29, 2021 at 10:35 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Neo-Scholastic - June 11, 2021 at 1:13 pm
RE: Non-binary - by arewethereyet - June 11, 2021 at 1:25 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 11, 2021 at 1:52 pm
RE: Non-binary - by arewethereyet - June 11, 2021 at 2:00 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Angrboda - June 11, 2021 at 1:56 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 11, 2021 at 2:12 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Architect Of Fate - June 11, 2021 at 3:02 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Rev. Rye - June 11, 2021 at 5:02 pm
RE: Non-binary - by John 6IX Breezy - June 11, 2021 at 6:39 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Architect Of Fate - June 11, 2021 at 6:48 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Anomalocaris - June 12, 2021 at 12:22 am
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 12, 2021 at 12:25 am
RE: Non-binary - by Anomalocaris - June 12, 2021 at 12:38 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 12, 2021 at 12:28 am
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 12, 2021 at 12:30 am
RE: Non-binary - by Rev. Rye - June 12, 2021 at 9:20 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 12, 2021 at 12:37 am
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 12, 2021 at 12:49 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 12, 2021 at 12:58 am
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 12, 2021 at 1:02 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 12, 2021 at 1:06 am
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 12, 2021 at 1:23 am
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 12, 2021 at 2:56 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 12, 2021 at 3:18 am
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 12, 2021 at 4:23 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 12, 2021 at 4:29 am
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 12, 2021 at 4:31 am
RE: Non-binary - by Belacqua - June 12, 2021 at 4:55 am
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 12, 2021 at 5:05 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 12, 2021 at 7:24 pm
RE: Non-binary - by tackattack - June 12, 2021 at 7:46 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 12, 2021 at 7:54 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Architect Of Fate - June 12, 2021 at 8:36 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Architect Of Fate - June 12, 2021 at 10:21 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 13, 2021 at 12:48 am
RE: Non-binary - by Belacqua - June 13, 2021 at 2:06 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Architect Of Fate - June 13, 2021 at 1:48 am
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 13, 2021 at 2:13 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Architect Of Fate - June 13, 2021 at 6:49 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 13, 2021 at 9:40 am
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 13, 2021 at 10:36 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 13, 2021 at 10:40 am
RE: Non-binary - by John 6IX Breezy - June 13, 2021 at 11:03 am
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 13, 2021 at 10:50 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 13, 2021 at 11:03 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 13, 2021 at 11:10 am
RE: Non-binary - by John 6IX Breezy - June 13, 2021 at 11:29 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 13, 2021 at 2:49 pm
RE: Non-binary - by John 6IX Breezy - June 13, 2021 at 3:17 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Irreligious Atheist - June 13, 2021 at 3:04 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 13, 2021 at 3:14 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Irreligious Atheist - June 13, 2021 at 3:42 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 13, 2021 at 3:21 pm
RE: Non-binary - by John 6IX Breezy - June 13, 2021 at 3:56 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 13, 2021 at 5:17 pm
RE: Non-binary - by John 6IX Breezy - June 16, 2021 at 2:56 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 13, 2021 at 9:45 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Neo-Scholastic - June 15, 2021 at 9:21 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 15, 2021 at 9:29 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Architect Of Fate - June 15, 2021 at 9:31 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 16, 2021 at 3:38 pm
RE: Non-binary - by John 6IX Breezy - June 16, 2021 at 4:18 pm
RE: Non-binary - by arewethereyet - June 16, 2021 at 3:41 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 16, 2021 at 3:50 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 16, 2021 at 4:29 pm
RE: Non-binary - by John 6IX Breezy - June 16, 2021 at 4:43 pm
RE: Non-binary - by arewethereyet - June 16, 2021 at 4:59 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Architect Of Fate - June 16, 2021 at 5:19 pm
RE: Non-binary - by John 6IX Breezy - June 16, 2021 at 5:33 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Architect Of Fate - June 16, 2021 at 5:49 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 16, 2021 at 5:44 pm
RE: Non-binary - by John 6IX Breezy - June 16, 2021 at 6:15 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 16, 2021 at 8:26 pm
RE: Non-binary - by John 6IX Breezy - June 16, 2021 at 9:57 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Belacqua - June 17, 2021 at 7:53 am
RE: Non-binary - by John 6IX Breezy - June 17, 2021 at 9:07 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 16, 2021 at 10:24 pm
RE: Non-binary - by John 6IX Breezy - June 16, 2021 at 10:45 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 16, 2021 at 11:58 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Belacqua - June 17, 2021 at 12:35 am
RE: Non-binary - by Ravenshire - June 29, 2021 at 1:23 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 17, 2021 at 12:50 am
RE: Non-binary - by Belacqua - June 17, 2021 at 1:02 am
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 17, 2021 at 1:26 am
RE: Non-binary - by Belacqua - June 17, 2021 at 2:23 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 17, 2021 at 6:35 am
RE: Non-binary - by brewer - June 17, 2021 at 7:27 am
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 17, 2021 at 7:58 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 17, 2021 at 8:43 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 17, 2021 at 9:13 am
RE: Non-binary - by Fake Messiah - June 17, 2021 at 11:33 am
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 28, 2021 at 5:01 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Architect Of Fate - June 28, 2021 at 7:52 am
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 28, 2021 at 9:57 am
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 29, 2021 at 10:36 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Paleophyte - June 29, 2021 at 10:57 pm
RE: Non-binary - by LadyForCamus - June 30, 2021 at 11:06 am
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 29, 2021 at 11:12 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Paleophyte - June 29, 2021 at 11:28 pm
RE: Non-binary - by The Grand Nudger - June 30, 2021 at 10:51 am
RE: Non-binary - by Ravenshire - June 30, 2021 at 4:51 pm
RE: Non-binary - by John 6IX Breezy - July 1, 2021 at 3:18 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Neo-Scholastic - July 1, 2021 at 3:57 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Angrboda - July 1, 2021 at 4:03 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Silver - June 29, 2021 at 11:55 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Paleophyte - June 30, 2021 at 12:56 am
RE: Non-binary - by no one - July 1, 2021 at 3:42 pm
RE: Non-binary - by Neo-Scholastic - July 1, 2021 at 6:37 pm

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