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Gender is not a 1D spectrum
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I think probably gender identity is more complex than a 2D plot, too. Even this complex brain-sex mosaic model doesn't adequately capture it.
A common model I've seen for talking about gender is using the Gender Unicorn:
It is of course inaccurate and problematic, as any theory is going to be for something as complex as gender.
What is useful about the Gender Unicorn is that it gives you that intensity scale that on one extreme could be understood as agender, which is what I think your drawing is trying to represent.
This looks crazy similar to the gender bread person
Yes, very similar! They are used for the same purpose. It's a fine educational resource for a cis and/or heterosexual audience that have never thought about sexuality or gender before and this is like the superficial introduction to concepts like gender being more than just your sex, or being completely binary, etc.
Yes of course it is. But thanks for the links, will read.
I'm not presenting anything absolute or probably new. Just a personal take on a correlation between where my gender is and how strongly I feel it, at the different points of my fluidity.
Love this statement.💜
Extracts from 2nd link that stood out to me
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And adding to the first link:
yes, I think it's quite surprising to find most people have a mix of sexed traits, the whole concept of a strict binary doesn't apply at all to the brain it seems
and no worries, I suck at my delivery - I don't mean to come across with such refutation vibes 😅 Maybe I'm just excited to share these articles and connect the dots between the current science on "brain-sex" and the ways we conceptualize or think about gender identity. I like your drawing, esp. the way it is plotted in angles rather than on a Cartesian plot - it's just fun and quirky.