Why do people identify as "non-binary"?

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What influences or motivates someone to identify as "non-binary"?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

It is mainly cause some people believe “genders” really exists. And what I mean with that is that they put together certain traits and behaviours etc… with a certain sex.
So when they think about a man they doesn’t just think it is a person with a ding-dong in his pants but they also think about how he is as a person as being a man and not a woman etc…

So the people that identify as non-binary doesn’t fit into these pictures of what a man or woman is and therefore they don’t feel comfortable being referred to as for example he or she.

I have always had troubles understanding this myself since in my mind the words man, he, his, him, guy etc… refers to a person with a penis and woman, she, her, gal etc… refers to a person with a vagina. But it doesn’t tell me more than that. I put no expectations about a person from what sex they are. A person is a person.
If u ask me, yes I am a man cause I have a ding-dong… but do I fit peoples pictures of what a man is? No, probably not 100%… probably somewhere around 50-60%.
I’m just as confortable with being called he, she, it, they, banana, cloud, turd… whatever floats your boat.

I have all respect for non-binary people and their struggles and their rights etc… but I just don’t understand it. To me non-binary people comes of as closed minded since they obviously pairs the word “he” with a personality and other stuff and not just a body.

NamerOfStars · Accepted Answer

Mostly a distaste for social gender norms manifesting in a very stupid way (if you're a man who doesn't act like other men do, that means your  actions  are different, not your gender; cause and effect haven't gone away) coupled with a desire for attention and regard for being "special". Sometimes actual gender dysphoria, but that's much less common.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I don't know, i have no idea what it truly means. maybe it's just a phase?

Faith18letsgo · Accepted Answer

If they’re neither a boy nor a girl, or both a boy and a girl.

genericname85 · Answer

very much in a nutshell: it's narcissism. that's why.

snackthatsmilesback · Answer

Cause they don't fit into the "binary" of man and woman. They're not "a man" or "a woman." So, non-binary.

I think it's an umbrella term so the specifics depend on other shit. But yeah. Just not in the gender binary.

goaded · Answer

Maybe invalid ideas about what those roles involve? A man doesn't have to be a hunter and a woman doesn't have to be a housekeeper. A man doesn't have to dominate a relationship, a woman doesn't have to be submissive. A man doesn't have to be brittle, and a woman doesn't have to be soft. If you don't understand that, maybe you don't identify with either.

Or you just don't fancy romance or sex with any person. That's a valid choice, too.

Berethor · Answer

It silly, but at least they don't mess up their bodies like trans, so it's less extreme symptom.

DizzyDesii · Answer

The more confused you are, the less you know. Seems like another trend to me

BeMuse · Answer

Because their parents smoked meth when they were pregnant.

The_Shadow_Dweller · Answer

Maybe to take advantage of the grey area that lies in between.

BarryLiverstone · Answer

Some people don’t identify as always being a guy or a girl; like they don’t want to be forced to be on either end of the gender spectrum and pressured to do only male/female things

standardguy · Answer

Since we lost paradise we always feel misplaced. Some think that their sex/gender is the problem of that. Others find God and the hole in their hearts are filled with God's presence.

LimitedBenefits101 · Answer

They struggle with mental illness  Avoid such people.

DarkLegacy · Answer

Because they are sad cases who just want to copy a fashion trend

In_Trance · Answer

For attention when they have nothing else to offer

gorydetails · Answer

They are mentally ill and are seeking attention

OddBeMe · Answer

Shrug…they feel better identifying as such. If they changed their name would that bother you?

Dargil · Answer

Because they can't even count to 2?

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Because they're loony lefties!

Redstang88 · Answer

Just trying to feel unique mostly

Fuentes · Answer

I see it as a mental illness

Cubus · Answer

Good question.

Kingofkings1992 · Answer

Mental illness.

Anonymous · Answer

Attention-seeking behavior.

Anonymous · Answer

to look 'trendy'

Anonymous · Answer

Attention.

NostalgiaSenpi · Answer

Insanity

Why do people identify as "non-binary"?

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