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yeah me either, pansexual
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Well. I do. I think saying things like ‘I don’t see gender’ or ‘I don’t see race’ can be potentially dangerous. There are people out there who want to be identified with as a gender because it’s part of their self-identity.
To me it’s like saying, “Hey I’m a Chinese and here is my culture because I’m a Chinese.” and if people say “I don’t see colour lalalalala can’t hear you.”, then I would be pissed because it’s saying that there’s this whole aspect of my identity that you are choosing to ignore.
So if a guy tells me, “I’m a guy and I like…”, I wouldn’t say that he is enforcing gender binaries on the world or anything, but being a guy is part of his identity. (idk why anyone would have to say ‘I’m a guy’, but you get my point…?)
But I guess what you mean by ‘I don’t see gender’ is that you don’t want to enforce gender stereotypes, and you would treat everyone equally?
(tangential stuff, not related to the original post, but I just wanted to put it together):
I guess that’s cool too. But personally, I don’t think I ever could treat anyone equally. The other day I saw this post against slut shaming which highlighted the difference in reactions to a girl or a guy who was being promiscuous. But even though I wouldn’t shame a person for being promiscuous, I would definitely react differently. Like I would be more likely to tell the girl to watch out for rapists and stuff like that. Even cries of “But guys get raped too!!” won’t change my behaviour because the fact is that guys and girls are different and overall, one is still the more vulnerable sex.
Yeah, that was my friend Alex. He’s a goofball, just teasing me.
I AM actually pansexual though, but you raise good points. I guess you could say that I see a person’s gender expression, but I don’t see biological sex? Like, if I see a person that I am attracted to, wondering what genitals they have, or if they’re trans* or cis or a boy or a girl or WHATEVER is the last thing I care about.
But like, if someone was FtM, or gender queer or fluid and presented themselves masculinely or SOMETHING, that’s not to say I would be like “oh I don’t care about any of that you’re just a person to me and I don’t recognize your attempt to present yourself masculinely because what’s that.” It’s just that I’m not sitting there like “hm I wonder if that’s a butch lesbian or a transman… Because one of those options is not within my range of attraction” if that makes any sense.
I’m imagining my friend Alex just laughing at us because he was entirely joking when he said that and usually when he says dumb things people ignore him…
HEY EVERYONE I AM ALEX AND I WAS JOKING AND THIS IS HILARIOUS HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway you guys bring up some really fantastic points and it is truly a wonder to the highest degree of wonders. You know, gender is a fascinating thing indeed and we must look upon fascinating things with fascination so the question becomes: Does shanna waste a lot of her time on tumblr? The answer is yes.
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