Okay, if you're trying, it's not that hard. Offhand I could list the names and definitions of at least 13 terms relating to gender, but I know I know at least 15, I just can't recall the others right now.
Now, before you go off all "BUT THERE'S ONLY TWO GENDERS HOW CAN THERE BE 13" let me break this down in the way I see it.
1. Sex (anatomy, essentially) DOES NOT EQUAL gender (identity). For example, say there is a trans woman. Because I'm not 100% how the physical transition and all the surgeries and hormones affect a person's sex and sex-related genes and diseases, let's just imagine she's pre-transition. If someone asked her, "Oh, what gender are you?" she would respond "I am a woman." However, on things like medical forms, she understands that she should probably list her sex as male, due to her being pre-transition, and, if possible, would likely make a note on the form that she is trans.
(cont.)
2. I'll admit, three of those terms aren't exactly identities, per say, rather things to describe groups of people (genderqueer, trans, nonbinary).
3. Now, to specifically address "there are only two genders." The way I think of it, there are a handful of "Absolute Genders," which can be a total of 2-4 depending on how you count (Third gender, agender). I consider it 4, personally, but this can vary. So, male (man), female (woman), third gender, and agender. (For the record, I'm not including male and female in that list of 13.) Then you get some that are kind of inbetween. Demigirl/boy, for between agender and male/female. Bi/poly/pangender for people who feel like they experience more than one of these at the same time, or interchangeably. Trigender for those who identify with exactly three of the gender identities (Note: multigender identities do not have to be confined solely to the absolutes). Genderfluid if more than one applies, but not always at the same time. (cont.)
Genderflux is like genderfluid, but with intensity. I personally think of that one as a type of genderfluid with agender and one of the other three absolutes.
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Honestly I hate all these gender posts and usually ignore them because all they want is a reaction but I'm sick of it. And hey, maybe some of them legitimately come from a place of misinformation or simply never being taught. And I hope this makes sense.
"Why do people care so much about it?" some people ask, and here's my theory:
Little frightened boys are anxious they might get a boner from the "wrong" person, and then the other frightened little boys would laugh at him "Look, little Billy got a boner from someone with an uncertain sexual identity" and they will call him a fag and he never gets to get some from a real woman and will never get a job and will have to make a living giving blow jobs to strangers at a greyhound station in a big, cold city. Something like that.
I can remember all of them:
Male
Female
Bigender (Myself)
Agender
Genderfluid
Transgender-F
Transgender-M
Transexual-F
Transexual-M
Queer
Feel free to add on
Oh no, poor guest here can't respect people's identities and isn't smart enough to just ask them if it's unclear. Poor guest. Too stupid for this simple task.
Oh no, poor nightshadecat here can't respect people's opinions and isn't smart enough to just respect that. Poor nightshadecat. Too stupid for this simple task.
I just don't understand why people can't just play along if someone decides if they're not a boy or girl. It's not hurting you and it's helping their self-esteem when you do.
Considering genders are social constructs with other things attached, I could care less in the first place. Sex is biological and physiological characteristics, so there isn't any "playing along" They can be trans and ill be fine referring to them by that but fuck the excess gender shit m8.
What's your problem, man? You said it yourself - gender is just a social construct. Who cares if someone decides that one of these fits them better than "boy" or "girl"?
Gender is just a social construct so it doesnt matter, I personally would like a basis for referring to people and not all this other shit, I've never referred to people using their 'gender' anyways. Plus if a gender fits them better than 'boy/girl' then guess what? It doesnt make a difference to me, cause ill refer to them by their sex.
Because that isn't excess shit, plus it wouldnt be 'what they want to be called' its what they look like m8. Plus a transexual is a person who emotionally and psychologically feels that they belong to the opposite sex <-- sex
You do realise that transsexuals don't always look like the gender they are, right? Especially pre-transition. And that whole thing about "emotionally and psychologically" feeling like they belong to a different sex goes for all the genders you listed above.
If they dont look like the 'gender' (sex) they feel like they should be, ill refer to them by what they look like. And that "emotionally and psychologically" means you still have a certain sex, male or female, but I have the realization that they went from one to the other and refer to them by what they are (look like) now.
My question on gender is where is the end to this, guys? If I tell you that I want to identify as a 6 ft tall black man (I'm a teenage girl) who's gonna tell me I can't? I just don't get the idea of having more than two genders. *braces for downvotes and criticism*
Yo whoever downvoted, don't just be irritated, like, I'm genuinely asking someone to explain this to me. I'm not being intolerant...I just don't get it
The answer is it doesnt end, its a social construct so you can literally make it anything, thats where the bullshit comes in, you gendervoid foxkin demiqueer attack helicopter FUCK
I'm not looking for a fight, but this 'gender' shit is getting out of hand. I will address you as a 'girl' 'boy' 'genderless' or 'genderfluid'. No more, no less.
Now, before you go off all "BUT THERE'S ONLY TWO GENDERS HOW CAN THERE BE 13" let me break this down in the way I see it.
1. Sex (anatomy, essentially) DOES NOT EQUAL gender (identity). For example, say there is a trans woman. Because I'm not 100% how the physical transition and all the surgeries and hormones affect a person's sex and sex-related genes and diseases, let's just imagine she's pre-transition. If someone asked her, "Oh, what gender are you?" she would respond "I am a woman." However, on things like medical forms, she understands that she should probably list her sex as male, due to her being pre-transition, and, if possible, would likely make a note on the form that she is trans.
(cont.)
3. Now, to specifically address "there are only two genders." The way I think of it, there are a handful of "Absolute Genders," which can be a total of 2-4 depending on how you count (Third gender, agender). I consider it 4, personally, but this can vary. So, male (man), female (woman), third gender, and agender. (For the record, I'm not including male and female in that list of 13.) Then you get some that are kind of inbetween. Demigirl/boy, for between agender and male/female. Bi/poly/pangender for people who feel like they experience more than one of these at the same time, or interchangeably. Trigender for those who identify with exactly three of the gender identities (Note: multigender identities do not have to be confined solely to the absolutes). Genderfluid if more than one applies, but not always at the same time. (cont.)
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Honestly I hate all these gender posts and usually ignore them because all they want is a reaction but I'm sick of it. And hey, maybe some of them legitimately come from a place of misinformation or simply never being taught. And I hope this makes sense.
I wouldn't have failed sociology class.
XX and XY is really difficult to memorize.
Little frightened boys are anxious they might get a boner from the "wrong" person, and then the other frightened little boys would laugh at him "Look, little Billy got a boner from someone with an uncertain sexual identity" and they will call him a fag and he never gets to get some from a real woman and will never get a job and will have to make a living giving blow jobs to strangers at a greyhound station in a big, cold city. Something like that.
Male
Female
Bigender (Myself)
Agender
Genderfluid
Transgender-F
Transgender-M
Transexual-F
Transexual-M
Queer
Feel free to add on
Female
Faggot
Faggot
Faggot
Faggot
Faggot
Faggot
Faggot
Faggot
Guest
Asshole
Asshole
Asshole
Asshole
Asshole
Asshole
Asshole
Asshole
Asshole
Female
AND YOU'RE TRIGGERED!
EVERYONE'S TRIGGERED!