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Breaking the Binary: Failure to Adhere to the Laws of the Traditional Gender Binary

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Dissenting Voices
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Gender Identity
 Gender Fluidity
 Social Construction
 Transgender
 Transgender Persons
 Non-binary Gender
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2022
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This essay provides a framework for conceptualizing the social construction of the traditional gender binary within a patriarchal society. The research explores the history of the singular they as well as gender nonconforming identities through a socio-historical lens and utilizes the Social Role (Eagly & Wood, 2011) and Social Identity Theories (Tajfel, 1972) to argue the importance of language and performativity in conceptualizing gender identity, gender performance, and biological sex.
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