The Recklessness of Subjective Gender Identity

Lauren Reiff
Sep 7, 2018 · 7 min read

It’s 2018 and the traditional gender binary is under attack, continually derided as oppressive and unjust, an extension of apparently tyrannical heteronormativity. A new ethos of gender ambiguity, necessarily involving that famous “gender spectrum” appears to grow stronger every day and finds new footing in an increasingly unsure Western culture. Over time, that binary has stretched and widened due to…

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