2,729
edits
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
(2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
Line 1:
[[File:Gender Nihilism.png|thumb|220x220px|The gender nihilism flag.<ref>https://lgbtqiarchive.tumblr.com/post/646434443724308480/gender-nihilism</ref>]]
[[File:Gender Nihilism2.png|thumb|220x220px|An alternate gender nihilism flag.]]
[[File:Gender Nihilist Flag by u-Dave from Tesco.jpg|thumb|Another alternate gender nihilism flag.]]
'''Gender Nihilism''' is a philosophy based around the idea of getting rid of [[gender]] in society altogether.<ref>https://automaticwriting1.wordpress.com/2015/02/12/gender-nihilism/</ref> It is rooted in [[Wikipedia:Anti-humanist|anti-humanist]] [[queer]] feminism. In this form of nihilism it is believed that the self is entirely defined by social structure, and that at the core it is nothing until it interacts with said social structure. Gender nihilism focuses on how this philosophy applies to gender specifically, though it can be applied to any aspect of identity. Gender nihilism declares that gender is an instrument created by institutions of power, and believes that the best/only way to get rid of the chains of gender
Gender nihilism does not seek to restrict people's [[Gender Presentation|expressions]], or prevent them from doing what they want with their bodies. These expressions would not disappear but gender nihilism would mean that none of these gendered traits would be gendered. People would be free to exist in whatever way they do, without the chains of misogyny, transmisogyny, and heterosexism. Categories like "[[man]]", "[[woman]]", "[[
Gender nihilists tend to consider their gender to be whatever they are seen as by those institutions of power. They may also feel [[Gender Apathetic|apathetic]] or distant from the concept of gender and wanting to detach from it altogether. They do not care what gendered terms are used to describe them. They don't want to be men/women, but they accept that since these things are constructs of power, they are men/women for as long as they exist under those institutions of power. They do not necessarily see themselves as [[agender]], but rather see everyone as genderless before interacting with these power structures which impose gender.<ref>https://post-left.fandom.com/wiki/Gender-Nihilism</ref>
Line 11:
== Criticism ==
Many have pointed out that, while the philosophy of "Why is gender necessary?" is fine as a personal philosophy, it should not be forcibly applied to all people. For some people their gender means a lot to them, and the notion of doing away with gender may invalidate how strongly they identifies with their gender and all the steps they have taken in their transition.<ref>https://automaticwriting1.wordpress.com/2018/02/20/an-annotated-critique-of-alyson-escalantes-gender-nihilism-anti-manifesto/</ref>
That said, many gender nihilist are themselves [[trans*]], non-binary, or queer. Some non-binary people may embrace gender nihilism to describe their experience of gender along with possibly being gender apathetic, agender, [[quoigender]], gender agnostic, [[nihilgender]], etc.<ref>https://alyesque.medium.com/beyond-negativity-what-comes-after-gender-nihilism-bbd80a5fc05d</ref>
== History ==
Line 28:
== References ==
<references
[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:Identity]]
|