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Species vs. Gender
Nov. 14th, 2010 10:25 pmCorrect me if I'm wrong, but men are human beings, right? Which means that the following sentence:
plus he is not attracted to the male species.
is incorrect or at the very least, incomplete. One could say, "He is not attracted to the male OF the species," or, "He is not attracted to the male of the Vulcan species." (Note: I did not see this line in a Star Trek story - Vulcan was just the most ubiquitous alien I could think of.)
However, saying, "plus he is not attracted to the male species." breaks my brain for one very simple reason:
MEN ARE NOT A DIFFERENT SPECIES! IT'S MALE GENDER, NOT SPECIES.
( Okay, this started off as a mini-fanficrant and turned into a continuation of my "Am I Third Gendered" post, so, um. Yeah. That happened. I'm still confused, still questioning and still unable to figure out which box to check. The LONG exploration of that confusion is under the cut. Also, I have a strong feeling that some may find parts of this triggery or offensive and for that, I sincerely apologize. This is what my brain spat out. Read at your own risk. )
I'm feeling frustrated and even more confused than when I started this, so here's where I am for now:
I think that I'm a human being who honestly doesn't care about genitals or gender identity as anything other than an aside to who someone is as a person. I feel that biology dictates only what we allow it to and that, we as a species need to move past worrying so much about biology if we want to continue truly evolving beyond our animal roots.
plus he is not attracted to the male species.
is incorrect or at the very least, incomplete. One could say, "He is not attracted to the male OF the species," or, "He is not attracted to the male of the Vulcan species." (Note: I did not see this line in a Star Trek story - Vulcan was just the most ubiquitous alien I could think of.)
However, saying, "plus he is not attracted to the male species." breaks my brain for one very simple reason:
MEN ARE NOT A DIFFERENT SPECIES! IT'S MALE GENDER, NOT SPECIES.
( Okay, this started off as a mini-fanficrant and turned into a continuation of my "Am I Third Gendered" post, so, um. Yeah. That happened. I'm still confused, still questioning and still unable to figure out which box to check. The LONG exploration of that confusion is under the cut. Also, I have a strong feeling that some may find parts of this triggery or offensive and for that, I sincerely apologize. This is what my brain spat out. Read at your own risk. )
I'm feeling frustrated and even more confused than when I started this, so here's where I am for now:
I think that I'm a human being who honestly doesn't care about genitals or gender identity as anything other than an aside to who someone is as a person. I feel that biology dictates only what we allow it to and that, we as a species need to move past worrying so much about biology if we want to continue truly evolving beyond our animal roots.
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