From: Natasha Vita-More (natasha@natasha.cc)
Date: Thu Jul 18 2002 - 08:31:57 MDT
At 12:38 AM 7/18/02 -0700, Samantha wrote:
>Natasha wrote:
>>From: Samantha Atkins
>>Natasha wrote:
>>
>>>>However fuzzy it is becoming, our species is currently distinguished by
>>>>genders (. Being anti-sex would be against not just both genders, but
>>any
>>
>>>>gender.
>
>>>Being asexual or sexual
>>in various ways says little or nothing about what gender[s] (if any) one
>>sees oneself as. To over-simplify, sex is about who one goes to bed with
>>(or if one does), gender is about how one sees oneself - who one goes to
>>bed as.<
>>Not necessarily. Being asexual or sexual has to do with an interest or
>>proclivity for sexual activity. Being sexual also has to do with your
>>gender identification and differentiation. Sex has to do with "behavioral,
>>cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex."
>>Further, what sex are you has to do with your genitals; and what sex are
>>you can have to do with what you want to be - male or female. In today's
>>redefintion of words, it's best to clarify what one means by sex, sexual,
>>etc.
>
>Well, I did say I was over-simplifying. :-)
>But using one word, sex, to mean sexual activity, sexual orientation,
>physical sexual characteristics, gender identity, behavioral, cultural,
>psychological traits is clearly massively overloading the word.
Seems to be a trend -:) Hey, no one is to blame, it's the emphasis on
"sex" these past decades and a cultural habit of saying words quickly, as
if in haste to skim by the word quickly in order to express an idea. Also,
the marketing of gender identity in documentaries while advertising "sex"
that must hold some sort of responsibility.
"Sex," easy to roll off the tongue, has a nice "sss" sound (and only a 3
letter word), gets more air time than most of its colleagues while and, at
the same time, gets to be interpreted in a myriad of ways.
Natasha Vita-More
Founder, Transhumanist Arts & Culture
Executive Art Director, Digital Design
http://www.natasha.cc http://www.extropic-art.com http://www.transhuman.org
"I'd rather be inebriated on a classic life than a 1996 classic Merlot."
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