Originally posted by Scribble
That's true, to a degree. But I still would say it's mostly my own decision — I know I could live that way fully, in fact the place I work is slightly left-leaning and big on trans rights and representation. There may be a degree of assumed social pressure in my mind, but it's mostly a conscious choice, as much as is possible.Idk man. I don't really agree with a lot of the terminology, as I've said. I think a lot of the words carry too many connotations, and people have different interpretations of them anyway. If I could click my fingers and be a woman, then I'd do that, but obviously it's not that simple and I've tried to approach it from a primarily rational point of view. I don't feel feminine when I haven't shaved, so presenting female doesn't feel right to me; in those occasions I'm happy to go back to presenting male and, unlike in the past, no longer feel dysphoric. I feel like myself either way, as gender isn't the biggest issue in my life nor the most pronounced aspect of my personality — I clearly have a deep preference, but I've learned to be happy with both.
At the same time, this is why I still describe as 'trans', despite disagreeing with the term on many levels; I may not like it, but I live it, so I concede to the general term. I just don't feel the need to have it entirely define me, which again, involves my privileged surrounding and circumstances. However: fully living like this is pretty new to me, as I only started really dealing with it properly last year, so I couldn't say how I'll feel in the future. srug Part of me thinks that if I don't fit neatly into one of the checkboxes, then maybe the current model just isn't that useful or reflective of the nuances of reality.
I think humanity has a long way to go until it truly starts comprehending the complimenting and contrasting dichotomy of masculinity and femininity. Most of modern gender rhetoric has no reference to Jungian psychology, and as far as gender goes, most of my beliefs and philosophies on the subject come from Jung, particularly his concepts of the Shadow, Anima/Animus and the collective subconscious, so I can't really take it seriously with such a major gap in its grounding.
Well, I am not living your life, so you're the expert there. My dumb ass is definitely still learning about all this too, along with the majority of society. If you feel most comfortable as a non-binary, then more power to you. Gender fluidity is definitely a thing. 👆
As corny as it sounds, I just hope you're not feeling pressure, internal or external, to alter anything about yourself. Well, with regards to gender identity anyway. If you're out punching babies, stop doing that... uhuh
Side note: You might enjoy the Persona video games. JRPG based on Jungian archetypes, with the kids literally using their psychological defense mechanisms to battle their Shadow selves in dungeons representing their subconscious. I don't know that Jung's ideas are quite as relevant to modern psychology, but they make for incredible storytelling.
Originally posted by Eon Blue
I’m passable when I am in femme attire, but someone will notice at some point or another that I have certain androgynous traits not typically aligned with being female, i.e my height (I’m 6’1), body structure, etc. I do not have a prominent Adam’s apple and my body type is naturally slender. Honestly though, I couldn’t give two shits about being passable. I’m just here to have a good time and look cute while doing it.
👆 Hell yeah.
I've never actually asked you now that I think about it. How do you identify?