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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by nettie@lemmy.world to c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone

A personal take on how I experience gender.

EDIT - more context would have helped as

I'm not trying to propose some simplified mathematical fits all graph here.

I'm struggling, having been out as non binary for about 5 years, with the idea that trans woman might be a better introductory starting point label for me. I understand gender as complex - far more complex than a 2 line graph sketch - but drew the graph to hone in on MY experience with fluidity. I was interested in my strength/clarity of feeling at different points.

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[-] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago

Gender is expressed as an N dimensional vector in the tangent space at a point on a larger N dimensional pseudo-Riemannian gender manifold.

Travelling on a path through this manifold can act to rotate your gender identity once you arrive at a new point so be careful where you step, some paths are known to crack eggs.

Mapping the manifold onto a 2D socially constructed gender Cartesian plane introduces singular points and so is considered a dangerous and largely useless construction.

[-] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm just being silly, but the translation here is something like:

We all understand gender in our own unique way, based on a shared understanding of some broader concept

Changing our understanding and relationship to gender as a concept is possible, and may lead to you realising your own gender was something other than what you'd previously assumed.

The gender binary is ass.

[-] nettie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Haha, yes quite.

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