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How to Actually be Gender Non Conforming

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OuterSpaceCadet · 28/08/2025 21:44

There seems to be some confusion out there over what constitutes being gender non conforming / deconstructing gender.

I thought a list might be a handy resource to direct posters to (those who are so keen to explain at length but less inclined to read the board first in order to understand what feminists think about gender or indeed anything).

So what are meaningful ways in which a man or woman can deconstruct gender or be gender non conforming sometimes?

And I mean real ways that actually have an impact beyond visual. Not length of hair. Not possession of moobs or mastectomy. Not choice of shoe.

OP posts:
Bonden · 28/08/2025 21:54

Take your space fully if you’re a woman.
Ask questions and listen to the answers if you’re a man.

BeLemonNow · 28/08/2025 21:52

Know your wife's bra size?

Bodyshopdewberry · 28/08/2025 21:51

Know your child's shoe size?

TempestTost · 28/08/2025 21:50

I don't really think there are any as such? But maybe I don't understand your question.

Some women do or are interested in things, or have qualities, that are statistically more common for men. Like, being welders. Is that the kind of thing you are thinking of?

If so I don't think there is anything that is inherently either positive or negative about being gender non-conforming. It's fine to be sort of statistically usual in terms of your sex, and it's fine not to be.