Re: db.debian.org (and related infrastructure) updates
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On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 06:40:46PM +0100, Amaya wrote:
> Alexey Feldgendler wrote:
> > What other kinds of gender are there? It would be interesting to see
> > some examples.
>
> I paste some email I already privately answered.
>
> Someone wrote:
> > Wildly OT, but don't people generally self identify more with one
> > gender or the other?
>
> If "generally" equals "white and rich" (as in clean tab water), yes.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender#Sex
> Gender can refer to the (biological) condition of being male or
> female, or less commonly hermaphrodite or neuter, which are
> missing.
> Not everywhere else: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_gender
>
> Then you have
> - Queer (term used to describe a sexual orientation and/or gender
> identity or gender expression that does not conform to heteronormative
> society).
> - Gender bender (informal term used to refer to a person who actively
> transgresses, or "bends," expected gender roles)
> - Transgender (individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies
> that diverge from the normative gender role (woman or man) commonly,
> but not always, assigned at birth, as well as the role traditionally
> held by society)
> - Postgenderism (Advocates of postgenderism argue that the presence of
> gender roles, social stratification, and sexual dimorphisms are
> generally to the detriment of individuals and society, arguing that
> masculinity and femininity are oppressive social constructs)
> - Genderfuck is a gender performance which "fucks with" or plays with
> traditional gender identities, gender roles, and gender presentation.
> - Genderqueer (someone who identifies as a gender other than "man" or
> "woman," or someone who identifies as neither, both, or some
> combination thereof)
>
> > [I really don't knwo what the proper terms would be that didn't
> > conflate both gender and phenotypic sex (which of course, is distinct
> > from genetic sex.)]
>
> Me neither, that's why an input field feels less strict to me, and more
> welcoming to all individuals.
Whats the use for such data? for postal mail? For gift giving? I've yet
to see anyone in cyberspace address someone as 'genderqueer' or
'male',YMMV.
feliz ano nuevo,
Kev
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