tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post8555750429037008327..comments2023-11-27T23:30:40.341-05:00Comments on Anything But Theist: On Society and GenderAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-48646526781560063242012-11-27T18:32:38.339-05:002012-11-27T18:32:38.339-05:00But gender is also who you know you are, a male kn...But gender is also who you know you are, a male knows he's male, not because of his genitalia, but also because he knows who he is, not because if he played with cars when little or if he does weightlifting as an adult, it's because he knows he's male, regards of he has or lacks a penis, he born a men (after all the mind is also who controls our sexuality) and will die a men. (Sorry if some grammar issues, english it's not my first idiom)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-14453499956095084902011-05-31T22:56:06.231-04:002011-05-31T22:56:06.231-04:00Other than people with genetic disorders in their ...Other than people with genetic disorders in their sexual chromosomes, I get what you're saying. <br /><br />However, from a medical standpoint, sex is genetic and gender is socialization. Gender involves things like the view that men should lift weights and be muscular to be attractive, while women should wear make-up. Gender is completely defined by society, while sex is completely defined by either genetics or hormones, depending on which aspect of the process you want to attach significance to.<br /><br />And this isn't my definition, it's a general well established academic terminology (you can see the World Health Organization's classification <a href="http://www.who.int/gender/whatisgender/en/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I certainly didn't help matters by not conforming to the view that gender is masculine/feminine, while sex is male/female. That might have made it all more clear.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-48835870912118559922011-05-31T22:46:08.768-04:002011-05-31T22:46:08.768-04:00"Gender is strictly defined by society."...<i>"Gender is strictly defined by society."</i><br /><br />Assuming that when you use the word "gender" we're talking about the same thing, it's not defined by society, it simply is what it is. The physical aspects, of course, as well as the chromosomes. We are physically/genetically either male or female (barring the occasional mutation (used in the positive X-Men sense, not one with any negative connotation)).<br /><br />Other than that, what people feel like or who they want to (or have to) engage with sexually is entirely their business. I agree with your basic tenet.Eric Norenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14648635662703229678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-68399691039570329262011-05-29T00:21:53.691-04:002011-05-29T00:21:53.691-04:00I always figured, I'm straight (heterosexual)....I always figured, I'm straight (heterosexual). I was born that way. No amount of looking at men, no matter how attractive, will make me 'want' one. In that regard, I do not understand homosexuality.<br /><br />However, I also figure a gay (homosexual) person was born that way as well. A homosexual man will probably not be swayed to not be gay no matter how many attractive women he sees.<br /><br />Of course, my not understanding the attraction of homosexuality is of no more signifigance than my not understanding why some men are attracted to overly thin women... "I don't get understand it", does not mean "I think it's wrong".<br /><br />Also, I fail to see how any woman could be attracted to a man. Dudes are fucking ugly !machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04073782907747032366noreply@blogger.com