Not sure I agree with the semantics here. I do not agree that 'gender' is a social constructor identity, at least not ay more than 'sex; would be - especially when you consider the fact that if you asked people their 'gender' and huge majority would answer 'male' or 'female'.
The word 'boy' is commonly used to describe a young male. The word 'girl' is commonly used to describe a young female. Along the same lines 'man' is commonly used to describe an adult male and 'woman' is commonly used to describe an adult female. I understand that not every one fits into this 'mold', but I cannot see how by not telling their children they are a male, female, boy, girl, etc, that these people are accomplishing anything. On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:338360 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
