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wasoxygen · 3277 days ago · link · · parent · post: From A Symbol Of Athletic Power To A Symbol Of Gender Transition
It's great that we are working through the process of giving people more than a binary option to designate the complicated intersection of biology, culture, and personality. The article doesn't do it, but the Wikipedia quote demonstrates a strange practice I think I've seen before. After making every effort to capture the current nuances of Jenner's self-assessment, when it comes to the people he is attracted to, the options are some combination of [ ] Men and [ ] Women. Are we missing something by plotting people's sexual identity with a multiaxis coordinate system, but the object of their affections must be a peg in one or two holes?