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Title: Transcending Gender?
Post by: Natasha on August 15, 2008, 06:36:35 AM
Post by: Natasha on August 15, 2008, 06:36:35 AM
Transcending Gender?
http://jennalynne.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/transcending-gender/ (http://jennalynne.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/transcending-gender/)
8/14/2008
Either Kate Bornstein or Julia Serano, I forget which, pointed out that "gender" is a verb. When we look at someone, we automatically gender them. That is, we automatically — and usually without conscious thought — put them in either the male category or the female category.
http://jennalynne.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/transcending-gender/ (http://jennalynne.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/transcending-gender/)
8/14/2008
Either Kate Bornstein or Julia Serano, I forget which, pointed out that "gender" is a verb. When we look at someone, we automatically gender them. That is, we automatically — and usually without conscious thought — put them in either the male category or the female category.