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gender is binary. Your gender is either 0 or 1
since people have yet to associate numbers with gender expression , you can define the 2 genders however you want
Perhaps gender is a quantum state and no one knows what or where it is until you measure it and its quantum state collapses
That's unironically a good way of thinking about it.
One of my proudest achievements in life is having used particle-wave duality to explain non-binary gender to a bunch of cis-het physics-bros, and also using non-binary gender to explain quantum physics to queer folk. I'm disproportionately pleased with having been able to use this explanation successfully both ways.
(I also think it says a lot about me that I have found myself in situations where it isn't uncommon that I get an opportunity to attempt this. Explaining gender to passively bigoted cis-hets feels like it's part of my ethical duty to the world, but menacing my friends with quantum physics monologues is just for fun)
Excuse me, in binary there are 10 genders.
Gender is binary. I'm 10110110
That's amazing! I'm 01001001. We should meet up.
👉👈
11000100
There should probably also be a bitmask to determine mutual compatibility
If you're currently at a 0, is it possible to engender yourself up to 1?
It happened once from a cosmic ray during a Mario64 speed run.
"A gender press is a gender press you can't say it's only a half"
TJ "Henry" Yoshi, before being taught better
Since half an a-press is starting the level with it already pressed, I think staying your gender assigned at birth would be half a gender press.