sex, not gender 2 (fwd)

geezz!! richard, you still don't get it. the existence of sexual organs
does not guarantee that you will develop a full correspendence
of your biological identity. there are many "men" around who
are biological males, but who develop a different sexual identity. are
they still unambigiously male? or what? it is the same with women too.
think about lesbians. Men and Women are social categories that receive
their meanings from society,not from reproductive organs. Sexuality is
part of the gender system through which sex roles "are created,organized,
expresssed, and directed, creating the social beings we know as women and
men, as their relations create society" .Futhermore, time has changed. we
are not geared towards reproduction as seriously as we were in huntung
gathering societies. so why should sex be reduced to reproduction only?
are we living in the stone ages?


mine



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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 17:55:53 -0700 (MST)
From: Richard N Hutchinson <rhutchin@U.Arizona.EDU>
To: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK <wsn@csf.colorado.edu>
Cc: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK <wsn@csf.colorado.edu>
Subject: sex, not gender 2


Oh yeah, I forgot to add why it's logical.

It's logical because we are a species with sexual reproduction based on
having 2 sexes, male and female.

It's no wonder people don't take sociologists seriously, given the
tendency to obfuscate the obvious.

RH