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Originally Posted by nguirado
Men this, women that.
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As you inferred at the end of your post, I'm not sure our personal experiences and inductive reasoning alone are the best indicators of gender distinctions.
I'm always amazed at the changes in culture-defined gender from generation to generation. I have a friend whose gaydar is completely inoperable when the object is under twenty-eight. She hasn't grasped that interests, modes of dress and behavior she'd grown up associating with gay people are now mainstreamed and straight as well.
However, I've never really cared what it meant about me, personally. I'm defined as a straight person for the simple reason I'm stuck with the endless fascination and desirability of women (who can be pains in the
gluteus oh-please like anyone else, don't get me wrong).
But all of the common signifiers of gender seem gratuitous to me.
In the first place, I love my friends who are gay and would march for their rights in any parade you like. In the second, biology makes any man's need to prove his manhood redundant. If we're comfortable with ourselves, we shouldn't have to beat people to death with a preference that's obvious to anyone who bothers to look.
Anamardoll: Understood.