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Race is external, it’s something imposed on you, while gender is internal
My experience of gender is not purely internal
The internal component is probably the most important, but yes, there is a social element. We tend to use the internal component to justify changes in the social component (like telling people to use the right pronouns).
Mine isn’t either. I was talking about where it gets its definition. My own gender is defined by me, it’s something I’m working out internally with myself. The experience is both internal and external, but the knowledge of what I want or what I am comes from within.
Isn't gender both external and imposed on you at the same time though?
There are expectations imposed on you, but ultimately what defines your gender is internal. Race was invented by European courts to justify the slave trade.