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Title: Gender vs. Sex vs. Orientation
Post by: Natasha on July 20, 2009, 04:27:51 PM
Post by: Natasha on July 20, 2009, 04:27:51 PM
Gender vs. Sex vs. Orientation
http://www.afterellen.com/node/55285 (http://www.afterellen.com/node/55285)
7/19/09
This is in response to my friend Matt's post about the ignorance people have towards butch women and effeminate men (when people say-- well if you like manly women, why don't you just date a man? etc.) For some reason, people seem to think that woman = makeup, dress, femininity; men = toughness, muscle and masculinity-- no exceptions. Ever. And that if you are attracted to feminine people, you can only like women-- and vice versa. What we fail to realize is that sex is separate from gender expression; gender expression is separate from sexual orientation-- it's all a big spectrum that people fall into; a mix-and-match sort of thing. I sorta stole this diagram from www.gendersanity.com (http://www.gendersanity.com), but I found it to be very enlightening and think you guys should all take a look at it.
http://www.afterellen.com/node/55285 (http://www.afterellen.com/node/55285)
7/19/09
This is in response to my friend Matt's post about the ignorance people have towards butch women and effeminate men (when people say-- well if you like manly women, why don't you just date a man? etc.) For some reason, people seem to think that woman = makeup, dress, femininity; men = toughness, muscle and masculinity-- no exceptions. Ever. And that if you are attracted to feminine people, you can only like women-- and vice versa. What we fail to realize is that sex is separate from gender expression; gender expression is separate from sexual orientation-- it's all a big spectrum that people fall into; a mix-and-match sort of thing. I sorta stole this diagram from www.gendersanity.com (http://www.gendersanity.com), but I found it to be very enlightening and think you guys should all take a look at it.
Title: Re: Gender vs. Sex vs. Orientation
Post by: LordKAT on July 20, 2009, 10:23:53 PM
Post by: LordKAT on July 20, 2009, 10:23:53 PM
A very detailed site. Thanks for the link. I don't totaly agree with everything but it certainly gave me a lot of ideas.