66
I hate that "identifies as" thing. (hexbear.net)
submitted 3 days ago by to c/chat@hexbear.net
27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

People do not "identify as" a gender. They ARE that gender.

The one person was going on about how I "identify as a woman".

I don't "identify" as a woman, I am a woman! (I think. Honestly I'm still figuring that one out!)

The whole "identifies as" thing comes off to me as "Oh sure, we'll TOTALLY acknowledge you're true nature!" in this backhanded compliment type of way.

Nobody goes "I identify as straight." or "I identify as 143cm tall."

And nobody goes "I identify as female." except for the occasional misguided queer.

It's almost exclusively someone else who does the "%s identifies as %s" thing.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 5 points 2 days ago

I don't know. I have some alterhuman identities, and I don't think I physically am those things. But also I have been trying to figure these things out mostly without access to communities or other people who have been in these worlds longer than I have. I find myself saying "identify as" a lot diplomatically too, but that's probably something I shouldn't cede.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
    •