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Title: Is a third sex category really necessary?
Post by: Natasha on August 06, 2008, 05:43:03 PM
Post by: Natasha on August 06, 2008, 05:43:03 PM
Is a third sex category really necessary?
http://www.helium.com/items/170157-is-a-third-sex-category-really-necessary (http://www.helium.com/items/170157-is-a-third-sex-category-really-necessary)
8/5/2008
The purpose of this article is to examine the issue of whether "sex" is a socially constructed category, and if there is a need for more than two sex categories. The position that I will take in this paper is that sex is NOT a socially constructed category, and that in the current cultural climate a third sex category, especially if it is publicly assigned, could be detrimental for the assignee.
http://www.helium.com/items/170157-is-a-third-sex-category-really-necessary (http://www.helium.com/items/170157-is-a-third-sex-category-really-necessary)
8/5/2008
The purpose of this article is to examine the issue of whether "sex" is a socially constructed category, and if there is a need for more than two sex categories. The position that I will take in this paper is that sex is NOT a socially constructed category, and that in the current cultural climate a third sex category, especially if it is publicly assigned, could be detrimental for the assignee.
Title: Re: Is a third sex category really necessary?
Post by: emilykitten on August 07, 2008, 10:14:24 AM
Post by: emilykitten on August 07, 2008, 10:14:24 AM
For me, no... I've always identified with being a girl/woman and I do not feel in any way that I am a third sex. It's something which I really would not want to be included in and I am rather unhappy when I am lumbered into that pigeon hole.
However, there are some of us who don't identify either way... For them it may be the right thing...
However, there are some of us who don't identify either way... For them it may be the right thing...