Gender is not a 1D spectrum
Gender is not a 1D spectrum
Gender is often described as a spectrum between male and female, but I think it's got more than 1 dimension
A personal take on how I experience gender.
EDIT - more context would have helped as
I'm not trying to propose some simplified mathematical fits all graph here.
I'm struggling, having been out as non binary for about 5 years, with the idea that trans woman might be a better introductory starting point label for me. I understand gender as complex - far more complex than a 2 line graph sketch - but drew the graph to hone in on MY experience with fluidity. I was interested in my strength/clarity of feeling at different points.
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Looks like polar coordinates, with theta being the maleness (at 180 degrees) or femaleness (at 0 degrees), and radius being the magnitude.
(edit: That's actually what it says above the chart, I just missed it.)
Yup! I considered drawing a locus but decided that a line said enough.
It's been a useful realisation for me that while my gender fluctuates, I feel it less when I'm feeling towards the male side.