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I think is a common approach, to list out exclusive characteristics of the category and then look for the presence of absence of those characteristics. It is, of course, fruitless for anyone who lives under patriarchy and isn’t interested in upholding oppressive gender norms. It’s so much more about recognition and identity, which is both easier and harder.
Another pitfall is to fail to differentiate between presentation and identity. There was a long time where I preferred to present as traditionally masculine, but my identity was always less binary than the presentation would lead people to assume. Gender’s just hard.
I think is a common approach, to list out exclusive characteristics of the category and then look for the presence of absence of those characteristics. It is, of course, fruitless for anyone who lives under patriarchy and isn’t interested in upholding oppressive gender norms. It’s so much more about recognition and identity, which is both easier and harder.
Another pitfall is to fail to differentiate between presentation and identity. There was a long time where I preferred to present as traditionally masculine, but my identity was always less binary than the presentation would lead people to assume. Gender’s just hard.