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==Supporting Arguments and their Counter-Arguments==
==Supporting Arguments and their Counter-Arguments==
One of the main arguments for the gender binary is the fact that someone who fits inside the binary system can have a gender expression or personality which differs from the Western<ref>European and North American</ref> binary system.<ref>A somewhat misinformed argument arguing this: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/16/drop-gender-stereotypes-we-are-all-non-binary</ref> This argument is misinformed, since it is based on the single-cultural assumption that gender identity is the same thing as personality. For example, if two people identifying with the same [[binary gender]] who both lived in cultures with gender stereotypes completely alien from each other met, they would both still want to be known as their real [[Gender identity|gender identities]], not something culturally assumed from behaviour and expression.
One of the main arguments for the gender binary is the fact that someone who fits inside the binary system can have a gender expression or personality which differs from the Western<ref>European and North American</ref> binary system.<ref>A somewhat misinformed argument arguing this: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/16/drop-gender-stereotypes-we-are-all-non-binary</ref> This argument is misinformed, since it is based on the single-cultural assumption that gender identity is the same thing as personality. For example, if two people identifying with the same [[binary gender]] who both lived in cultures with gender stereotypes completely alien from each other met, they would both still want to be known as their real [[Gender identity|gender identities]], not something culturally assumed from behaviour and expression.


==See also==
==See also==