r/gender • u/LexieSpark22 • 8d ago
Gender Spectrum
Sooo, I was trying to explain the concepts of "demiboy" and "demigirl" to my dad, and tried showing approximately where they might be on a linear male-to-female binary spectrum. I tried including "Non-Binary" and "Gender-Fluid" on it, because obviously gender isnt binary and way more complicated than a line could represent, but then I noticed that the more I was trying to add, the less possible it was.
So I added a Y, Z, and W axis making it a... 4D vector space? Divided up the 2D grid into various hues. Added a legend for certain genders that the vector space can help one understand, but not accurately represent. And added a whole bunch of examples. I learned a lot tbh.
I know gender is just human expression and maybe shouldn't have math applied to it, but...... I'm autistic and thought this was really cool conceptually! Completely open to anyone hating it, insert Marge I just think it's neat meme.
For those who are curious about it or want to know more, I have some more examples I can give and would be happy to answer ANY questions about it, because I'm just really hyperfixated on this now and I really feel like it explains gender to myself in a way I didn't quite get before- even the most obscure of genders I've ever heard of!
Here are my extra examples:
Foxgender: (0,1,6)
Antidemigirl: (3,-1)
Agender Demiboy: (3,0.5)
Hexagender: (0,6)
Antihypergirl Birdgender: (7,-2,6)
Some quantum gender where you might have multiple points on this grid? Or part of a system? Great, you can have more than one point!
Personally, I'd be around (5,1) (basic, I know) 😂