More Thoughts On The Gender Binary and Feminism
For the past week or so, I’ve really had my mind rapped around the “gender binary” and feminism. (maybe it’s because I’m reading Jen Burke’s “Breaking The Binary).” I’m no expert on either, so I’m looking for some direction on direction on the issue. I understand what the gender binary is “the idea that there are only two groups that a person, action, or behavior can belong in: male or female.” All the reading I’ve done lately seems to indicate that feminists desire to destroy the binary (as I’ve said before, I believe the binary is fiction). I’m serious about this… what would the world like like to you, with a broken binary? I’ll be honest with you, visions of Ellen G. White’s “reform dress” come to mind. As far as my own gender presentation it’s about what I like to wear and what parts of my body I choose
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“More Thoughts On The Gender Binary and Feminism” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to feminism and gender politics, while also engaging science, evidence, and expertise. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.
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