tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post5369983017832447232..comments2024-03-26T16:19:11.382-07:00Comments on Crossdreamers: What does the word "gender" really mean?Sally Molayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02015510914816971645noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-968865993811997602022-06-12T13:50:33.494-07:002022-06-12T13:50:33.494-07:00It's simpler than portrayed. For the purpose ...It's simpler than portrayed. For the purpose of reproduction, one is either male or female. For the purpose of sexual attraction, one may swing from one side or the other, or both. For the purpose of presentation, the 1st Amendment protects expression in just about whatever form one chooses. Categorization within each of the subjects of reproduction, sexual attraction and presentation do not control categorization in any other category.<br /><br />Perhaps Occam's Razor applies here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-84588345721406594512022-06-09T01:58:45.505-07:002022-06-09T01:58:45.505-07:00That is definitely a thing. Search for "peggi...That is definitely a thing. Search for "pegging" in google in a private place.Jack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-74475880122029861242022-05-18T04:19:42.921-07:002022-05-18T04:19:42.921-07:00Agreed - I have seen the same. My question is whet...Agreed - I have seen the same. My question is whether someone could be e.g. female biological sex, female gender identity/expression, attracted to males and want to penetrate during sex. If so, I'm not sure this falls neatly into your model.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-84716507258537005552022-05-10T02:20:44.279-07:002022-05-10T02:20:44.279-07:00I know of many female dogs who like to hump other ...I know of many female dogs who like to hump other female dogs who are in heat, and the same kind of behavior is found among many animals. Indeed, there is a lot of research that shows that what is often thought of as gender specific behavior among female animals are found in male ones and vice versa. This tells us that we are facing gradients and not binaries.<br /><br />As far as humans go dominance/submission dynamics will be found among straight and gay/lesbian people as well as cis and trans people. <br /><br />Take a look at my article on <a href="https://www.crossdreamers.com/2010/01/gay-animals.html" rel="nofollow">same-sex sex among animals.</a> There is also one about <a href="https://www.crossdreamers.com/2009/12/transgender-animals.html" rel="nofollow"> gender variance found in animals.</a>Jack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-51602377433445333012022-05-06T04:43:47.606-07:002022-05-06T04:43:47.606-07:00I was wondering about 'hard-wired' behavio...I was wondering about 'hard-wired' behaviour and how this fits in, for example this might be the desire to penetrate/be penetrated (i.e. the concept of top/bottom). I'm sure humans, like any mammal, have some sex specific behaviour which may in some cases not align to their biological sex?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-32029086319135643862022-04-22T01:20:35.883-07:002022-04-22T01:20:35.883-07:00//did you know that if you are born biologically m...//did you know that if you are born biologically male everything you do, no matter how feminine, is male behavior by definition? Male behavior is WHATEVER males do.//<br /><br />What kind of linguistic hocus pocus is this? You need to look up the concept of tautology, and you will see what I mean.<br /><br />Sure, "Male behavior is whatever males do" might sound self evident (and as such it gives us no new understanding of the topic). But in the current transgender debate, toxic with hypermasculine, Patriarchal transphobia, your sentence will be read as "Male behavior is WHATEVER those assigned male at birth do," which is completely meaningless, as any behavior encompassed by this definition can also be found among those assigned women. In other words, your definition would be:<br /><br />"Male behavior is WHATEVER men and women can do."<br /><br />In other words: Nonsense.<br /><br />//Again, how can genders exist if all forms of behavior can be part of people of all genders?//<br /><br />Because people are shaped by beliefs, word views and narratives, and those narratives are real and have an effect on the lives of people, even if they are incorrect in their description of the world.<br /><br />Read Michel Foucault! Power is not only upheld through violence. It is upheld through the concepts of language and through narratives that make the citizens believe that the system serves their interests, even when it does not. <br /><br />This is why so many of the anti-feminist activists throughout history have been women. They have been raised to find an identity and some kind of affirmation in the very society that stops them from realizing their true potential.<br /><br />So even if the statements "women are inferior to men" or "trans women are men" are false, they do exist and they do have an effect.<br /><br />Great many of our beliefs are social constructs like these. The most influential right now is the "gender is defined by biological sex" narrative. All serious scientists and philosophers see it as absolute nonsense, yet is serves the purpose of the Patriarchy and transphobic TERFs in their political oppression of trans people. <br /><br />So your argument can serve as an example of the processes I am discussing in this and other posts.<br /><br />Jack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-56077279717622362352022-04-12T10:18:33.251-07:002022-04-12T10:18:33.251-07:00b.t.w., did you know that if you are born biologic...b.t.w., did you know that if you are born biologically male everything you do, no matter how feminine, is male behavior by definition? Male behavior is WHATEVER males do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-83735902477498655182022-04-08T05:33:03.260-07:002022-04-08T05:33:03.260-07:00footnote: If a scientist has obtained information ...footnote: If a scientist has obtained information through the scientific method then none of that information can be dismissed because of that scientist culture. This is why decolonizing the curriculum is complete and utter bullshit because the value of information does not depend on what culture the person has that produced it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-55276813879090628772022-04-08T05:13:14.303-07:002022-04-08T05:13:14.303-07:00"Simply pointing out that our understanding o..."Simply pointing out that our understanding of what the existence of biological sex means for our daily lives is colored by culture and that the scientists themselves are also influenced by culture." Completely irrelevant. Even if scientists themselves are influenced by culture, the scientific method is not. “It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it’s wrong.”<br /><br />— Richard P. Feynman.<br /><br />And by the way, why are you still using the concept of gender as a framework when I explained to you why the concept of gender doesn't makes sense? Again, how can genders exist if all forms of behavior can be part of people of all genders?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com