I did not start this thread, but it was based on a posting of mine. That posting was based on a strong conviction that many otherwise able and motivated people are like pegs that do not fit in the holes provided by large international corporations. They are misfits in that environment. Given a few accommodations, they can be star performers and the companies that realize that should have a competitive advantage.
Being allowed to wear comfortable clothes to work, for instance, is not a license to goof off. These accommodations, instead, should free the worker to do their best and should add to their motivation. I know from your postings that most of you are strong, dedicated, but frustrated performers.
Finally, I was just reading a posting in one of the other forums here, by a writer I deeply respect, that those who can put on the clothes of their birth sex when they go to work are not misfits. My observation reading your postings is that androgynes, whether or not they cross dress, are misfits who must dissemble to avoid abuse and discrimination.
God knows I like a joke as much as any of us and contributed to the hijacking of this thread. I am not seeking a political expression of our rights. I merely want to bring this thread back home by stating that androgynes and many others are misfits who could perform at a higher level if allowed to express their/our true selves.
With apologies for being serious,
S
