By the way, the main reason other than cyclic logic that you can't have "woman" as a primitive is because of the perhaps obvious fact that
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women themselves are all different to one another and how they embody the "woman" concept. Same for all other genders too.
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Thx for this point! Sadly not as obvious as it shld. E.g. 1 woman on a committee of, say, 5 men, men tend to think 'women' are represented.
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Yeah, this point is why many girls and women say things like "I don't like women".
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Cos they reject the role society gives them, don't see themselves represented by it, and think all women are the same. Self-hatred is real.
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Same for some gay ppl who feel that gay ppl should behave 'normal' (meaning: as heteronormative as possble) if they expect to be 'accepted'.
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Gay men have gender ids they created too, twink— bear. Gay women have femme — butch. Binary gender spectra are common in queer spaces too.
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Always was quite uncomfortable with those, for myself. To get back to your earlier tweet:
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Iris van Rooij Retweeted Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ
For me more the reverse: I identify as woman, but my appearance/clothes are rather agender or androgenous.https://twitter.com/o_guest/status/899722889636831234 …
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I get you. I don't mind being called woman at all & don't think it's wrong to call me 1, but I don't feel like one most/all(?) of the time.
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