• vortic@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    It seems like, while labels are important for communication, they are just unable to capture all of the nuance when it comes to sexuality and gender.

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      After all, that’s how all labels work (and perhaps even words in general?). They try to capture meaning, at best failing to do so (endlessly “approaching” it, always a step behind the evolution of language), and at worst ensaring peoples’ thoughts and ideas.