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[[File:Gender Nihilism2.png|thumb|220x220px|An alternate gender nihilism flag.]] |
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'''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 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 based oppression is to have the instrument destroyed. It seeks to combat the need for an identity, and believes that identity categories are simply not worth it. |
'''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 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 based oppression is to have the instrument destroyed. It seeks to combat the need for an identity, and believes that identity categories are simply not worth it. |
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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]]", "[[Non-Binary|non-binary]]", "[[Cisgender|cis]]", and "[[Transgender|trans]]" would cease to exist and would no longer make sense as categories. As there is no longer gender, there would no longer be gender minorities, and therefore no longer the possibility of gender based oppression.<ref name=":0">https://insurrectrans.wordpress.com/2015/11/29/resumiendo-el-nihilismo-de-genero/</ref> |
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]]", "[[Non-Binary|non-binary]]", "[[Cisgender|cis]]", and "[[Transgender|trans]]" would cease to exist and would no longer make sense as categories. As there is no longer gender, there would no longer be gender minorities, and therefore no longer the possibility of gender based oppression.<ref name=":0">https://insurrectrans.wordpress.com/2015/11/29/resumiendo-el-nihilismo-de-genero/</ref> |
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