What's your opinion of femininity?

I am truly sorry I made you feel dismissed.

I can see your point. And in fact, I agree with it. It is absolutely exclusionary to trans people. But since I put so little stock in the concepts of masculinity and femininity, how should I define them? Should I not define them? It's only something I think to even bother defining when I'm asked to. I personally am agender, so I really just can't relate to feeling feminine or masculine. I have no gender, but I still have a uterus, so I consider myself "technically female" in the most basic, biological sense. I don't know how else to define masculinity and femininity beyond the most basic biological meaning. I regret my use of the term "reproductive organs" because it's not only dismissive towards trans, but also towards people who are intersex, sterile, or who choose not to use their reproductive organs for reproduction.

I suppose when you really get right down to it, I really don't see trans people as being masculine or feminine. But I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. I see biological sex as something that is pretty unimportant in the grand scheme of things. But coming from the viewpoint of being agender, I recognize that it probably isn't even my place to try to decide what is masculine and what is feminine.

I just wanted to finish by saying again that I'm truly sorry if you find my opinions hurtful and dismissive, and I'm sorry that I used too-harsh language in my previous posts. I'm here with an open heart and open mind, and I hope if you chose to continue the conversation, that we can have a friendly intellectual debate and not an angry flame-war. Thank you for challenging my opinion, it has given me some things to think about.

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