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by smegsicle 1627 days ago
what are 'binary people', and should they be offended by a term that implies that they only come in two kinds?
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"Binary people" means "women and men".
What percent of the population is that...99.6%?
This is an excellent point that I hadn't properly considered before. The term "non-binary" invokes a strawman that it proceeds to tear down. The notion is if you don't accept the idea that gender is an arbitrary social construction, you must therefore believe people fall into rigid, simplistic categories.