This & That: Compare & Contrast On Sex & Gender
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6014Autumn Sandeen
7/6/2008
"Here are some recent articles that make for interesting compare & contrast moments. I'll leave it to y'all to draw conclusions about the interesting messaging that can be drawn by holding up certain articles side by side.
And, consider this an open thread for what's on your mind too.
Set one to compare & contrast:
From the National Catholic Registrar's Boys Will Be Girls? (emphasis added):
Sometimes little boys playing with their sister's Barbies or little girls refusing to wear dresses are just a passing phase. Sometimes, it's more serious: Mental health professionals call it Gender Identity Disorder or gender dysphoria syndrome when the condition of viewing oneself as having an opposite-sex identity is, among other things, consistent and lasts more than two years.
