That was really well-worded, Gors :')
The problem is,
While obnoxiously stated (it's the SJW response on tumblr, and clearly tongue in cheek), this is sadly true to a point. When the Western idea of "gender binary" is drilled into your head as a kid, where you're one end of the spectrum or you're not, and there's constant, outside pressure growing up that you're either one or the other, and homophobia, it's hard believing there's other anything at first and even harder trying to wrap your head around it. Even Kat couldn't explain it to me at first. Then it just kinda clicked one day - I was thinking about "in binaries". It's not a case of "yes" or "no".
The main problem is the obscenely huge amount of misinformation and how diluted the information's become in our media. When Leelah Alcorn committed suicide, most stories explained it in a clear-cut way and were to the point, but when Bruce came out as Caitlyn it seems that with her very surgically-altered face most people equated "transgender" with "transsexual" when that isn't necessarily the case. Asking around with college students, the most "accepting" age group and also where it seems most of today's transgender "population" is, most of them really didn't seem to get it, either.
What ALSO bothers me is how every homophobic person assumes everyone who isn't cisgender or heterosexual is secretly in love with them, but that's neither here nor there right now lol
Btw, this is the "Global News" topic, guys!! - I don't have to be the only one posting worldly (or uh, United-Statesly?) news here and in all truthfulness, I shouldn't be!!!
Post some damn news!!!
The problem is,
(06-27-2015, 08:06 AM)Lemonray Wrote:(06-26-2015, 11:09 PM)psychospacecow Wrote: Man, this stuff confuses me.
That is because you have been conditioned by the patriarchy.
While obnoxiously stated (it's the SJW response on tumblr, and clearly tongue in cheek), this is sadly true to a point. When the Western idea of "gender binary" is drilled into your head as a kid, where you're one end of the spectrum or you're not, and there's constant, outside pressure growing up that you're either one or the other, and homophobia, it's hard believing there's other anything at first and even harder trying to wrap your head around it. Even Kat couldn't explain it to me at first. Then it just kinda clicked one day - I was thinking about "in binaries". It's not a case of "yes" or "no".
The main problem is the obscenely huge amount of misinformation and how diluted the information's become in our media. When Leelah Alcorn committed suicide, most stories explained it in a clear-cut way and were to the point, but when Bruce came out as Caitlyn it seems that with her very surgically-altered face most people equated "transgender" with "transsexual" when that isn't necessarily the case. Asking around with college students, the most "accepting" age group and also where it seems most of today's transgender "population" is, most of them really didn't seem to get it, either.
What ALSO bothers me is how every homophobic person assumes everyone who isn't cisgender or heterosexual is secretly in love with them, but that's neither here nor there right now lol
Btw, this is the "Global News" topic, guys!! - I don't have to be the only one posting worldly (or uh, United-Statesly?) news here and in all truthfulness, I shouldn't be!!!
Quote:So this thread's gonna exist for all the worldly news you hear about. Why does this exist? So we can talk about actual real-world things here besides our menial lives.
It can be funny news, celebrity gossip, research news, sad news, tech news, whatever - just try to stray away from gaming news (this is GD and we get enough of that elsewhere)
PROTIP: Here's how to share news like a cool dude or dudette:
1) share a link
2) add little snippets under the link so the lazier of us don't have to read the whole dang article (especially if it's long)
So get posting, and let the newsy discussion begin!!
Post some damn news!!!
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