I do not believe in gender identity - part #2

[StrongerThanYouTh1nk]

Part #2 for the thread I do not believe in gender identity

For reference, original post from @SernieBanders stated:

"There are two sexes: male and female. Occasionally, that matters.
There is no such thing as an innate gender identity—no internal essence that makes someone more inclined to wear dresses and sip wine, or football boots and down pints. Those are cultural stereotypes, not proof of some mystical gendered soul.
The idea of gender identity is sexist, misogynistic, and regressive. It reinforces outdated norms instead of challenging them. Women do not need an inner feeling of womanhood to be women. Men do not need a gender identity to be men. Sex is real. Stereotypes are not.
I hope with the flurry of cultural changes, legal challenges, scientific findings and executive orders in the last ~12 months, more people feel able to stand up and be counted, and say - No More."

Oh, well done, StrongerThanYouTh1nk! That was the last available message on the thread and you got it!

I had typed a reply to SernieBanders'
It's all about affirming an identity and exerting dominance on others.
when the thread stopped accepting new messages and the reply box vanished, but what I had said was more or less

I have an identiity which I'd probably affirm if asked, but as far as I know it aligns reasonably well with the facts about my condition. I'd feel pretty silly expecting it to be affirmed that I was a llama or an occasional table, because, even if anyone was deluded enough to do so, I would know it was codswallop.

Welcome to the real world. No-one with a brain believes in it the way it's used now. It used to refer to a young child's recognition of their sex as an immutable facet of their identity. Now the term is effectively meaningless.