X-Git-Url: http://unremediatedgender.space/source?p=Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=content%2Fdrafts%2Fbut-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means-costs-of-nonbinary-gender-as-a-social-technology.md;h=d54d9e640e0b0d92b9e12215ebd7ad337b31aa70;hp=62af76964958034f2c81da1fe46782e3a2b24cc6;hb=1497802841de421a2b009c3429f95529d5219b4c;hpb=9d7818cede273c614bac0980d97f55e36bf79aaa diff --git a/content/drafts/but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means-costs-of-nonbinary-gender-as-a-social-technology.md b/content/drafts/but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means-costs-of-nonbinary-gender-as-a-social-technology.md index 62af769..d54d9e6 100644 --- a/content/drafts/but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means-costs-of-nonbinary-gender-as-a-social-technology.md +++ b/content/drafts/but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means-costs-of-nonbinary-gender-as-a-social-technology.md @@ -11,3 +11,13 @@ Status: draft > > —["Girl All the Bad Guys Want"](https://genius.com/Bowling-for-soup-girl-all-the-bad-guys-want-lyrics) by Bowling for Soup (paraphrased) + +Outline— + + * What is NB?? Like, what does that mean? + * The view that people just "are" NB as a brute fact is not plausible + * Instead, NB as a "social technology" (https://samoburja.com/social-technology/) + * In this frame, we can inquire as to the costs and benefits of an NB gender regime; this article focuses on some nonobvious costs + * NB is a way to opt-out of stereotypes + * Signaling catastrophe: if the 5% of androgynous people ID as NB and you're not allowed to refer to their sex in words, does that mean that non-NBs are therefore consenting to being stereotyped? + * GNC presentation ("a rocker with a nose ring") has the same signaling dynamics, but doesn't trash our ability to talk about sex when relevant