Quote from: Ken/Kendra on July 08, 2007, 08:09:29 PM
Quote from: Emerald on July 08, 2007, 11:28:20 AM
What kind of information are you looking for Ken/Kendra?
I am looking for topics to post here. Anything to that creates any type of spark for critic and create replies to. To create viewer resonse.
It's about the ratings...it's always about the ratings...

What do I think about the chart? Let's just say I have some problems with it, but it may just be how I interpret things.
1. In my own mind, I consider a person's physical sex (birth or SRS'd), their gender, and their sexual orientation to be 3 separate things. Granted, we are complex beings and one facet can influence many others, but generally speaking, whether one considers themselves to be male, female or "other" is not necessarily based on their genitalia or sexual preferences. OK, maybe it's just me, but those things didn't come in to play when I decided I was androgyne.
2. OK...let's assume I am physically male (true), but trying to look more androgynous (also true). Once I "crossed over" the line between looking male and looking more androgynous, my gender would change?? Excuse me, but WTF?
3. Also, if there are "at least Sixty-Three (63) gender combinations," why does the table only contain hetero-, homo- and bi- for orientation? What would I be if I were only attracted to bald-headed cross-dressers who only wear a certain shade of nail polish and answer to the name "Lucky" (besides confused, perverse and very lonely)? That certainly doesn't fit the chart. And let's not mention the "animal lovers" or pediphiles or other non-big-3 orientations.
There are more, but you get the picture. I just try to keep it simple at my place...
Sex (please): your equipment is either male, female, some of both, or none
Orientation: You either like masculine, feminine, both, or neither (notice, I did not say men or women)
Gender: You consider yourself male, female or somewhere in between (and there's an entire universe "in between")
This keeps things simple in my mind, yet allows for anyone to fit almost comfortably in their cubby-hole.
......Laurry