RE: Women. You have men by the balls.(...)
February 23, 2013 at 2:16 pm
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2013 at 2:17 pm by Violet.)
(February 23, 2013 at 12:39 pm)John V Wrote: Violet, I'm surprised that you kudo'd Rhythm's last post. IIRC you sometimes note submissiveness as a feature of womanhood. Don't you also think there is a biological aspect to gender identity?
Womanhood and manhood are both cultural, in many cultures it is expected of women to be submissive.
I do think there is a neurological aspect to gender identity (insofar as 'if your brain is structured a certain way, you're more likely to 'align' with the 'gender role' associated with it), and so biology plays a small part (specifically: constructing brains, which are responsible for personality, wants/desires, the like).
But past that, gender is a wholly cultural invention. There are men and women in this world who would be pretty much identical were it not for calling themselves a man or a woman. The 'traits of gender' associated with 'man' and 'woman' are wholly invented (you'll notice that many of them are defied by the individuals who still call themselves men and women?), since those very 'traits' do not apply to all of those encompassed by this bigendering system.
A far more accurate system could easily be made... it's just: getting hundreds of cultures to adapt to it would be a nightmare Cultural system, and totally bogus. I'm a woman, and that's because it's a cultural statement of my identity, with all the baggage associated.
(February 23, 2013 at 2:07 pm)Psykhronic Wrote: Not everyone is the same because of their sex.
MINDBLOWING - I know.
Who said anyone was the same because of their sex?
All they must have in common is a little XY chromosome
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day