I've been largely avoiding this topic because it is really complicated but a lot of the problems come up because people use language differently. Here is a brief rundown of how I currently understand the language being used within communities that focus on gender and sexual non-normative setups:
Sex is physical. Male and female are sexual labels. People who display primary or secondary sexual characteristics (primary being penis/vagina, secondary being breasts, facial hair, etc) of more than one sex or a blending of the sexes are generally referred to as Intersexed. Gender is a social construct, an identity. Boy, girl, etc are gender identities. People who don't feel that they fit into a particular gender role may consider themselves genderfluid. Those who have a gender identity that doesn't match their physical sex (a body dysmorphia) usually consider themselves transgendered. Many of those folks may consider sexual reassignment surgery to bring their physical sex into greater alignment with their gender identity. Others may be fine with the difference between their physical sex and their gender identity and consider the two largely separate. Then you layer on top of that sexual preference, a continuum of attraction from homosexual to heterosexual that takes into account, potentially, elements of both sex and gender on the part of each partner. As you can see, no part of it is very simple. For some people, things line up just right and everything fits in naturally. For others, not so much. Cheers, Judah On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > Since when does castration involve removing his penis? > > Castration: You're doing it wrong. > > And why in the hell are you putting quotes around the word boy? It's not > "boy"... it's boy. Male and female aren't societal interpretations... they > are biological facts. Identifying with a zebra doesn't give you stripes. > > *rolls eyes* > > > > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> So if a "boy' chooses to be castrated, does that make him a girl? >> >> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> So what does it mean to be a "boy"? >> >> >> > >> > It means you have a penis. Has for millions of years. Will for millions >> > more. What that "means" to someone is irrelevant to fact that sentient >> > beings with a penis are male and those with vajayjay's are female. This >> > isn't a cultural perception, like one's idea of beauty or gender roles. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338359 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
