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Originally Posted by JDeere
Ive heard many non butch femme folks talk about degrees of butchness. To me having degrees of anything negates someones identity.
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But isn’t this just socially constructing a binary then? The same could go for femmes. I’m not super femme-y, which dismantles social hierarchies and gender distinctions. I think that’s the beauty of what Judith Butler was getting at when she was talking about gender being performative.
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