(28-12-2013, 02:43 AM)flamesabers Wrote: Is part D referring to which gender you present yourself as?
(28-12-2013, 11:27 AM)spanky Wrote: On the last, I think I need clarification as well.
(28-12-2013, 03:51 PM)ClaraKay Wrote:(28-12-2013, 02:43 AM)flamesabers Wrote: Is part D referring to which gender you present yourself as?
Yes
(28-12-2013, 11:27 AM)spanky Wrote: On the last, I think I need clarification as well.
Sorry, my fault. I should have called it "gender expression" which is how we present our selves to the world in terms of expression, behaviors, interests, affinities, etc. It's also how the world sees us, and/or how we want the world to see us -- male, female, or a combination.
My gender expression is that of a man. I don't think I've ever been mistaken for a woman. e.g., a store clerk calling me "Ma'am". I make no attempt to present a female in public. I home I'm experimenting with doing so (but with varying success).
CK
(28-12-2013, 03:51 PM)ClaraKay Wrote: My gender expression is that of a man. I don't think I've ever been mistaken for a woman. e.g., a store clerk calling me "Ma'am". I make no attempt to present a female in public. I home I'm experimenting with doing so (but with varying success).
CK
(29-12-2013, 04:55 AM)SarahSchilling Wrote: I don't even know this is all way to subjective lol..
(27-12-2013, 05:02 PM)ClaraKay Wrote: A. Genetic or biological sex (male, female, intersex)
B. Subconscious sex (male, female, gender-variant)
C. Sexual attraction (gynephilic, androphilic, asexual, bi-sexual)
D. Gender role (man, woman, ambiguous)
(29-12-2013, 06:36 AM)ClaraKay Wrote: ...But, society wants us all to conform to a binary gender model where everyone is assigned gender at birth, male or a female, along with all the associated attributes, behaviors, and expectations prescribed by the culture we live in.
But the binary gender model is a lie, because the permutations and combinations of these four independent aspects of our sexual nature produce a kaleidoscope of individual sexual identities and expressions that span the population. Those of us that don't fit neatly into one or the other box struggle for acknowledgement and acceptance of our exceptionalism, and find it's like trying to climb out of a deep hole dug in dry sand.
(29-12-2013, 06:36 AM)ClaraKay Wrote: So, my question is: Will the day ever come when people are permitted to project the natural diversity of gender inclination without penalty or prejudice?
(29-12-2013, 06:36 AM)ClaraKay Wrote: In the mean time, how do people, like so many of us, caught in the middle, overcome the stigma of our sex/gender incongruence when we are so marginalized within society?
Is this forum and other internet venues instruments toward that end?
(29-12-2013, 04:55 AM)SarahSchilling Wrote: ...but I've been getting bolder lately. I usually wear light makeup and andro/girl clothes. Maybe 70-30 female on my part. The 30 is outta my control, just mannerisms and voice....trying to get this number lower. I really like it when I'm gendered as female by someone, so maybe that's the answer?