Our Shared Shelf discussion

Start with a call out to lya for coining the term used in the title.

At its heart sexism, all prejudice really is based on stereotypes. people decry them but are so attached. Most resistance to non binary life choices are forms of protecting established views of people, women by both men and women.

Not really sure where I am going with this but opening it for discussion.

Since intersectional feminism looks at a subject/topic/issue from various points of views, in my opinion, it is less likely to be stereotyping than other forms of feminism. Let's look at it jigsaw-wise:
For radical feminists, the issue is rather obvious: men are the problem and men are bad and so on and so forth. They see just a picture. Intersectional feminism tho takes into account race, class, financial situation, gender, and many more, and therefore there's a jigsaw that needs to be put together first. Is it more work? Yes, definitely. Is it more rewarding? I think so. Is it needed? I think it is the only real way to achieve equality, because we as humans are oppressed by intersecting issues, not just one. (Sorry radical feminists, but I don't see gender as the only problem in the fight for equality, many more issues are at stake)

Now, I don't think that boxing per se is bad. I don't have a problem with the boxes male and female, boy and girl. My problem with these boxes are the expectations we have, when we put a human in them. In my country these expectations are not as harsh anymore as they were, say, a hundred years ago, but they're pretty much there (boys and skirts is still seen as laughable, my god, women wear trousers, people have problems, I'd like to have their problems sometimes).
It's difficult to live in a society that does have only certain boxes, and you cannot claim one of them for you (believe me, it sometimes sucks more and sometimes less, but it sucks). The thing is, I believe it is one thing to have stereotypes and then it is another thing to act according to them. If we recall that not all people of a certain group are the same, then we don't act on the prejudices and stereotypes that we might have towards this group of people (whatever group that might be)

Keith, I think Ross meant that sexism is based on stereotypes, and not that stereotypes only consist of sexism. One thing I'd like to say about non-binary life forms, whether now in sex or gender is the following: the people who give us resistance might need to think about it twice:
We don't want to tear down their existence, we just want our existence to be valued by society, to be recognized by society, to be seen, to be taken seriously, as much as the already established ones. We only want to diversify, not simplify, for lack of a better word.

There are positive aspects to stereotypes too role models for example. I think the key as we can't always control the process is to recognise it. To note when we may be treating some one or something a certain way because of a perceived bias not who or what they are.

Not so easy I know but it's where the beginnings of equality lie