17-04-2015, 04:42 AM
"So, now the idea as the gender identity is innate, yet sometimes it is fluid, and sometimes it changes and sometimes it doesn’t, ..."
"More importantly, where were these gender identities throughout history? Cross-gender behavior exists in many different cultures, but these particular ideas are specific to 21st century Western queer culture. "
I'm unclear as to the flavour or subset to which you are referring. Are you saying that gender identity as a function of physiology was a concept that didn't exist prior to 2005? If so, I would suggest that recognition of it may well be a recent thing, but the gender issues, causes, and effects are far from new, even if they are understood differently (possibly better, possibly not) in this age. A reread of the article leads me to think you may be trying to apply the gender binary position to gender fluid individuals and not buying the result. You shouldn't buy it. It is akin to applying a hammer to water. It doesn't work. There are many of us who are tossing the gender binary baby out with the bathwater on purpose.
"More importantly, where were these gender identities throughout history? Cross-gender behavior exists in many different cultures, but these particular ideas are specific to 21st century Western queer culture. "
I'm unclear as to the flavour or subset to which you are referring. Are you saying that gender identity as a function of physiology was a concept that didn't exist prior to 2005? If so, I would suggest that recognition of it may well be a recent thing, but the gender issues, causes, and effects are far from new, even if they are understood differently (possibly better, possibly not) in this age. A reread of the article leads me to think you may be trying to apply the gender binary position to gender fluid individuals and not buying the result. You shouldn't buy it. It is akin to applying a hammer to water. It doesn't work. There are many of us who are tossing the gender binary baby out with the bathwater on purpose.