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You should've made that clear when you addressed me with "you". Also, I'm unsure what your point is. I think there is broad agreement here that gender is not the same thing as sex, and that you (as in generic "you") don't have to identify as any gender if you (generic) don't want to.Sol Invictus wrote:I already explained what the issue is several pages ago, I was talking about general attitude in the thread, not you specifically
Once again, you're confusing gender with gender roles. I'm doubtful that gender is purely a cultural phenomenon; if that were so, then conversion therapy would work, but it doesn't.Gender is a cultural thing, people can't choose who to fall in love with, but they can choose to think (or not to think) people need to be treated differently based on how they look and things they do and if they need to pack it all under some label.
Only when the majority keep oppressing the minority.razlem wrote:See? It's all about conflict.
Lur wrote:Here's something funny to me that I've noticed: while in English using trans as a noun is a big no-no, here you can sometimes use it like that (but definitely not transgénero o transexual) and it doesn't necesarily sound bad. It's used in a manner similar to "lesbian", but only sometimes. I have to admit that "una [mujer] trans" is much better than the mainstream "un transexual", that besides sounding wrong, you never know what the hell people who say that have in mind.
Lur wrote:Here's something funny to me that I've noticed: while in English using trans as a noun is a big no-no, here you can sometimes use it like that (but definitely not transgénero o transexual) and it doesn't necesarily sound bad. It's used in a manner similar to "lesbian", but only sometimes. I have to admit that "una [mujer] trans" is much better than the mainstream "un transexual", that besides sounding wrong, you never know what the hell people who say that have in mind.
loqu wrote: I would have thought otherwise. I thought una trans would be demeaning so I avoid it. But of course I don't say un transexual either, that sounds hurtful.
Dr. House wrote:I have a question though. How related are gender and sexuality? Let's say we have a bisexual man and he likes women as a cis man and men as a cis man (hetero + homo). But then you can have someone who feels like both man and a woman and likes both women and men. Does that make him a straight bigender guy?
Some might argue nobody chooses their gender (or at least most people don't) but rather they choose how they want to identify themselves. But it's very gracious of you to apologize.Dr. House wrote:First off, I want to apologize for my previous behavior, because everybody's entitled to choose whatever gender they feel like.
Gender and sexuality are not strictly related. I've never encountered that particular example but I would say that person would be bisexual and bigender.I have a question though. How related are gender and sexuality? Let's say we have a bisexual man and he likes women as a cis man and men as a cis man (hetero + homo). But then you can have someone who feels like both man and a woman and likes both women and men. Does that make him a straight bigender guy?
In English these forms would probably say "sex" and mean biological sex, as in anatomy, as in genitals.Another thing is that sex and gender may have different implication in English, but in Czech we use the word pohlaví which means the sexual organ as well as sex in forms to fill out or gender
linguoboy wrote:I would still consider the person "bisexual" because bisexuality is defined as an attraction to both males and females.
razlem wrote:"They" is gender neutral. You can use it for any gender or if the gender is unknown.
(I'm going over this in my head, and it seems that "ne" can be a phonological variation of "they" in some dialects...)
Lauren wrote:You should only use the pronouns that the person has indicated you should use.
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