![]() ![]() We have no say in our gender - we're not allowed to question it, play with it, work it out with our friends, lovers or family. It's documented by the state, enforced by the legal profession, sanctified by the church, and it's bought and sold in the media. We're born: a doctor assigns us a gender. It's not sane that we classify people in order to oppress them as women or glorify them as men. It's not sane to demand we fit into one or the other only. It's not sane to call a rainbow black and white. If I'm born with a body that gives mixed gender signals, I'm at risk of being butchered - fixed, mutilated. If i change my gender, I'm at risk of homocide, suicide or a life devoid of half my responsibilities. “I think gender can take a lesson from sadomasochism (S/M): gender needs to be safe, sane, and consensual. ![]()
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