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[quote=Anonymous]Many of us women who have never identified with the frilly, feminine identity of womanhood, who have never accepted subservience, and who have never bought in to the fashion demands of the patriarchy, might consider ourselves “nonbinary” if we define womanhood as pink femininity and as sexual appeal to men.

I have a larger body, I wear men’s Oxford shoes to work because I refuse to voluntarily hobble myself with most women’s stress shoes with painful heels, no support, and unrealistic shaping.  I like trousers with pockets.  I am far from dainty.  I speak up as well as men.  I don’t wear makeup or jewelry and I let my hair dry naturally.  (My exbf kindly described my appearance as “confident dyke” even though I’m straight.  I just don’t sign up for all the alterations I’d have to make to my
Body in order to fit into the ever-narrowing scope of what women are allowed to be.

But I am a woman.  I have grown and birthed a baby.  I have fed him my own milk.  I am wise and nurturing and warm.  But it occurs to me that I were 17 now rather than in 1988, I might say I’m non-binary, too.[/quote]

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