Journal created:
on 10 November 2005 (#8761646)
Updated:
on 7 June 2006
Name:
Sapiogender
Membership:
Open
Posting Access:
All Members , Moderated
Assertions:
Everyone's gender is different.
"conform to certain societal expectations, or live at odds with your body" is a non sequiter.
The inside doesn't have to match the outside.
Gender-queerness isn't restricted to those with a birth defect.
I called this community "sapiogender" as a reaction against what I saw as essentialism in the queer and trans community. I don't feel that brain intersexism or hormonal variance gives people the license to reemploy sexist terminology and oppressive gender roles. Ultimately, I'd like it if there were less focus on notions of "male" and "female" and more focus on people-as-minds.
Put another way: as "sapiosexual" is affiliation with intelligent bodies, sapiogendered is affiliation with intelligent gender roles.
Bring it. =)
axonfuel
Everyone's gender is different.
"conform to certain societal expectations, or live at odds with your body" is a non sequiter.
The inside doesn't have to match the outside.
Gender-queerness isn't restricted to those with a birth defect.
I called this community "sapiogender" as a reaction against what I saw as essentialism in the queer and trans community. I don't feel that brain intersexism or hormonal variance gives people the license to reemploy sexist terminology and oppressive gender roles. Ultimately, I'd like it if there were less focus on notions of "male" and "female" and more focus on people-as-minds.
Put another way: as "sapiosexual" is affiliation with intelligent bodies, sapiogendered is affiliation with intelligent gender roles.
Bring it. =)
axonfuel 'toaster oven', alien minds, animal minds, anti-biophobia, deconstructing gender, feminist activism, gender blurring, genderqueer, men's lib, metagender, metaphysics, multiple personalities, nested gender, post genital politics, reductionism, social constructionism, transgender, virtual gender, women's lib