Binssim Killermann's Open Speech On Gender Binarism

Gender binarism is a worsening issue created by societal standards set at birth depending on your biological sex. Gender and sex are paired as one and develop into two categories; male or female. Even through millennial ideas, traditional male or female titles are more often encouraged and inflated, therefore increasing the gender binary issue that restricts and confuses children as to who they truly are. In Sam Killermann’s open speech, a clear line of separation between gender and biological sex diminishes the traditional gender binary and simplifies it to be openly accepting of all. No matter the age or setting an individual is placed in, gender binary will always be present and dictate the actions, responses, and thoughts of yourself and
According to the socially constructed idea of gender binarism, a woman’s role in society is to be a mother who is subordinate to a man. Women are seen as fragile, nurturing, “unmarried, married” and void of all original ideas (Rogers). This treatment is common towards women all over the world where they are forced to feel incompetent and barred from independence. In the workforce, women are continually treated as being incapable, along with discriminations such as, “experiencing repeated, small slights at work; and receiving less support from senior leaders than someone of the opposite sex who was doing the same job” (Gramlich). With gender binarism taking control over the workforce, jobs of women are often altered to fit a ‘woman’s role’, where less complicated and light work is given with lenient deadlines. As a woman in an office, sexual conduct towards females is common, showing that women are seen as sexual objects for men. Many women are subjected to this gender discrimination, where “22% of employed women said they have experienced sexual harassment on the job”, therefore creating a workforce pitted against a woman advancing due to male superiority (Gramlich). Sexual misconduct is linked to gender binarism and how a woman is portrayed in society to be represented. Gramlich sheds light on how gender binary affects more women than men and at higher rates than ever expected due to the focus on the superiority of men and inferiority of women, where “‘man’ is A, ‘wo-man’ is Not-A” (Lorber). Gender binarism controls a woman’s life and suppresses her full potential, due to the contradicting responses of not following the typical role of a woman, based off of gendered roles in