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Title: Q Of The Day: What To Think — What To Do — With Visual Gender Cues
Post by: Shana A on October 30, 2011, 11:48:56 AM
Post by: Shana A on October 30, 2011, 11:48:56 AM
Q Of The Day: What To Think — What To Do — With Visual Gender Cues
By: Autumn Sandeen Saturday October 29, 2011 12:10 pm
http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2011/10/29/q-of-the-day-what-to-think-what-to-do-with-visual-gender-cues/ (http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2011/10/29/q-of-the-day-what-to-think-what-to-do-with-visual-gender-cues/)
But my question has to do with gender cues, especially mixed gender cues.
There are non-trans women with square shaped faces, brow ridges, low cheek bones, large bumps in their noses, thick skeletal bone structures, small breasts, rough skin, large hands, taller than average height of 5′ 4″, visible Adam's apples, and/or large feet. There are non-trans women who choose to wear their hair short, wear clothing bought from the male clothing side of department stores, choose not to wear make-up, and not wear elevated heels. Any or all of these things could send visual cues to people in broader society that a non-trans woman is male.
And, there are non-trans men with inverted triangle shaped faces, with small brow ridges, high cheek bones, "ski slope" noses, thin skeletal bone structures, large "moobs," soft skin, small hands, shorter than the average height of 5′ 9″, invisible Adam's apples, and/or small feet. There are non-trans men who choose to wear their hair long, wear clothing bought from the female side of department stores, choose to wear make-up, and wear elevated heels. Any or all of these things could send visual cues to people in broader society that a non-trans man is female.
By: Autumn Sandeen Saturday October 29, 2011 12:10 pm
http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2011/10/29/q-of-the-day-what-to-think-what-to-do-with-visual-gender-cues/ (http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2011/10/29/q-of-the-day-what-to-think-what-to-do-with-visual-gender-cues/)
But my question has to do with gender cues, especially mixed gender cues.
There are non-trans women with square shaped faces, brow ridges, low cheek bones, large bumps in their noses, thick skeletal bone structures, small breasts, rough skin, large hands, taller than average height of 5′ 4″, visible Adam's apples, and/or large feet. There are non-trans women who choose to wear their hair short, wear clothing bought from the male clothing side of department stores, choose not to wear make-up, and not wear elevated heels. Any or all of these things could send visual cues to people in broader society that a non-trans woman is male.
And, there are non-trans men with inverted triangle shaped faces, with small brow ridges, high cheek bones, "ski slope" noses, thin skeletal bone structures, large "moobs," soft skin, small hands, shorter than the average height of 5′ 9″, invisible Adam's apples, and/or small feet. There are non-trans men who choose to wear their hair long, wear clothing bought from the female side of department stores, choose to wear make-up, and wear elevated heels. Any or all of these things could send visual cues to people in broader society that a non-trans man is female.