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Sex and Sexuality, Monday
"Welcome back," Hannibal said. "I hope you all enjoyed our vacation." Were they ignoring that they'd missed class last week? Absolutely.
"Today we're discussing more about gender," Jon said. "We mentioned earlier that the tradition for around a century in the current culture is that there are two, male and female. But throughout history there have been a lot of other conceptions of gender, and people have recently been rediscovering those and conceptualizing their own."
"Gender encompasses a number of aspects," Hannibal said, "both societal and internal. Gender can be related to sex, but is not necessarily the same thing. And contrary to modern Western interpretations, it is more accurate to conceive of it as a quadrant graph." He drew one on the whiteboard. One axis was labelled "masculine" and one was labelled "feminine".
"This still isn't exact, but it's better," Jon said. "Some people can be very masculine and not very feminine, and some can be very feminine and not very masculine. Some can be both, some can be neither. And some people can move all around depending on the day, the hour, or their mood." He shrugged.
"Those who feel both highly masculine and highly feminine may be called androgynous," Hannibal said. "Those who are neither are agender. Those whose identity varies are genderfluid."
"There's all kinds of in-between things, like demiboys and demigirls who feel only a partial connection to a gender," Jon began, "though honestly, I wish we could name people with grown-up terms. Demimen and demiwomen would be a bit less condescending towards anyone over the age of...well, twelve, because teenagers would probably not prefer to be called children, either. I know I certainly -"
"Regardless," Hannibal interrupted loudly, and Jon scowled but let him. "We thought we could discuss gender and see where we all stand on it, as much as you are comfortable with it."
"We have this one on computer instead of paper, at least," Jon said, rolling his eyes.
"Today we're discussing more about gender," Jon said. "We mentioned earlier that the tradition for around a century in the current culture is that there are two, male and female. But throughout history there have been a lot of other conceptions of gender, and people have recently been rediscovering those and conceptualizing their own."
"Gender encompasses a number of aspects," Hannibal said, "both societal and internal. Gender can be related to sex, but is not necessarily the same thing. And contrary to modern Western interpretations, it is more accurate to conceive of it as a quadrant graph." He drew one on the whiteboard. One axis was labelled "masculine" and one was labelled "feminine".
"This still isn't exact, but it's better," Jon said. "Some people can be very masculine and not very feminine, and some can be very feminine and not very masculine. Some can be both, some can be neither. And some people can move all around depending on the day, the hour, or their mood." He shrugged.
"Those who feel both highly masculine and highly feminine may be called androgynous," Hannibal said. "Those who are neither are agender. Those whose identity varies are genderfluid."
"There's all kinds of in-between things, like demiboys and demigirls who feel only a partial connection to a gender," Jon began, "though honestly, I wish we could name people with grown-up terms. Demimen and demiwomen would be a bit less condescending towards anyone over the age of...well, twelve, because teenagers would probably not prefer to be called children, either. I know I certainly -"
"Regardless," Hannibal interrupted loudly, and Jon scowled but let him. "We thought we could discuss gender and see where we all stand on it, as much as you are comfortable with it."
"We have this one on computer instead of paper, at least," Jon said, rolling his eyes.
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Although she did try!
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"Which is to say, any other internet test of what group you fall in," Jon said. "Maybe it'll at least help you conceptualize things."
"That is the hope," Hannibal said. "So, take the test and let's discuss where we fall and how we feel about it."
"'It's a load of bullshit' is perfectly valid," Jon added.
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"Without seeing the scoring mechanisms behind the text," Hannibal added, "it could be that women are more likely to report being happy, whereas men are trained to ignore all emotions. Or it could be that men are more likely to be happy, given the societal inclination toward patriarchy." (He scored very high on it. He was a happy man.)
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