Gender Confusion

[Michaelangelica]

People tell yoi in their bos as much as they want you to know.

Originally Posted by TheFaithfulStone

but sexual division of labor is one of those fundamental tenets of human society,

A sexist comment
[/quote] so it's kind of odd that in this particular subculture it's such a murky issue.
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Whats "murky" about it?

How come it makes you feel uncomfortable?

[TheFaithfulStone]

I don't think that's a sexist comment. Or at least, I didn't mean it as such.

Sexual dimorphism is a fact of biology, and it leads, most often to sexual division of labor. It's not a strict line at all - but in general in every society I can think of women have one set of roles, while men have another.

I don't mean this in the "women should stay at home and men should work" way. I mean that even in our society, which shows a marked LACK of the sexual division of labor, there is some.

One of the first things you are able to tell about a person in most cases, when you meet them face to face, is their biological sex. There are a few outliers, sure, but think about how uncomfortable not being able to pin a sex on someone you're meeting face to face makes you.

I'm not saying it make me uncomfortable that I can't tell what sex people are. I'm saying I find it interesting that one of our most basic dimensions of human interaction is stripped away on a text-to-text forum like this, where people have gender-bending nick names, and your assumptions about what the other person typing on the keyboard are based entirely on their mind and not on their physical appearance.

In a way, it's kind of like reverse stereotyping or something - rather than make assumptions about things people can control based on something they can't (sex and race) we make assumptions about something people can't control based on something they can (their opinions.)

TFS

[Michaelangelica]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to TheFaithfulStone again.
O well sorry, I tried

Thanks for your reasoned reply. There still are sexist assumptions in your thinking however.

I think it is a good thing and quite interesting to see the way people deal with you when they think you are one sex or another.
So far I have found sexist put-down-flirtatious humour when someone is squirming out of an argument and assumes I'm female.
Not so when they assume I am a male.

[TheFaithfulStone]

Originally Posted by Michaelangelica

There still are sexist assumptions in your thinking however.

What do you think is sexist?

TFS

[Michaelangelica]

I don't mean this in the "women should stay at home and men should work" way. I mean that even in our society, which shows a marked LACK of the sexual division of labor, there is some.

OK a mild case you are forgiven