To me, this is what is means to be an Androgyne...

X: A Fabulous Child's Story — by Lois Gould © 1972

Enjoy!

-Emerald 

I thought that was a really cool read. But would a Y eventually be forced to go to the Y toilet and the X into the X toilet. You know, people and there crazy boxs. Just a thought.

Quote from: Emerald on September 27, 2007, 09:52:54 AM

Enjoy!

I did, immensely. Thank you!

Now I guess I'll have to translate it for my child, who has recently entered a phase where gender starts to matter. Methinks it'd be best to grow out of it before the age when sex starts to matter.

  Nfr

Thanks for sharing!  I really liked that!!!    

That's how it should be! 

Thanks Emerald! That's wonderful!

Z

I kind of liked the idea behind it, but soon became bored.  I would have liked it better if there's been some kind of land octopus involved.

I liked the story. It was fun, though I don't agree that this is what it means to be androgyne, it is just one interpretation/way of being androgyne IMO.

I don't think I would like to live in a world without gender distinctions. This probably sounds odd coming from an androgyne but I kind of feel that the thing that sets me apart does help define who I am. I'm proud of that distinction. I keep hearing that people would like a world where gender does not matter. I'm the opposite. I want to matter, just not as something used to discriminate. Also while in some ways I consider my gender to be a distinct entity I do feel like I am also a mix of feminine and not-feminine (somewhere along the line I seem to have exorcised male from my internal identity, perhaps to compensate for being born male).

Quote from: NickSister on October 04, 2007, 05:37:30 PM
I don't think I would like to live in a world without gender distinctions. This probably sounds odd coming from an androgyne

Not necessarily -- and in fact, now that you raised the point, I agree. At least for me, an androgyne identity does not really mean a desire to discard gender altogether; it's just that the gender I happen to have is neither of the two main ones. I'd like to be seen as what I am, not make it equally hard to see others as what they are. A sharper picture of gender instead of a blurrier one, if you will.

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I keep hearing that people would like a world where gender does not matter. I'm the opposite. I want to matter, just not as something used to discriminate.

Right on. Having a diversity of gender identities and expressions is a good thing, and a world that had no gender differences would be a much more boring place. Still, to be able to enjoy that fully, glass ceilings must come down and people must stop beating each other over gender. And yes, that last part applies not only to the redneck who does it physically to his wife and the ->-bleeped-<- next door, but also to the occasional feminist who badmouths her opponent just because he happens to be male, and to the kid who tells eir classmate that she can't climb trees because she's a girl.

But yes, what we need is more tolerance and acceptance of differences, not more uniformity.

  Nfr