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Am I male or female? Well that just depends...

Started by Keroppi, July 05, 2011, 01:52:27 PM

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July 05, 2011, 01:52:27 PM
Am I male or female? Well that just depends...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/8619017/Am-I-male-or-female-Well-that-just-depends....html

By Stephen Bayley
7:08PM BST 05 Jul 2011

Old certainties about gender identity are disappearing as fast as a woman in a Maserati, writes Stephen Bayley.

'God, I'd love a pint of beer!" I heard that from my daughter, whose genteel curriculum vitae includes (Camilla's old school) Queensgate, Oxford and the Sorbonne. At the time, she was smoking a cigarette most readily associated with cowboys and wearing workmen's boots. I was so surprised, I nearly dropped my moisturiser. You know, there was a time when a man wearing suede shoes was under suspicion, but when prime ministers spend all day covered in bright orange make-up, snap judgments can be misleading.

Traditional determinants of gender identity in the clothes we wear and the products we use are blurring fast. When asked to tick a box on one of those annoying local authority questionnaires that demands to know whether you are male or female, I am always tempted to avoid a straightforward yes/no answer and write: "It depends."
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