Blindsided by Gender Bender
A hard-learned lesson in pronoun-ciation21 total reviews
Comment from Ric Myworld
It's so sad for those caught between being a woman or a man, living in a world where they are looked at as some kind of freak, from something as simple as a missing or mutated gene. Thanks for sharing.
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It's so sad for those caught between being a woman or a man, living in a world where they are looked at as some kind of freak, from something as simple as a missing or mutated gene. Thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 12-May-2021
reply by the author on 12-May-2021
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Thanks for weighing in.
Sometimes the chromosomes are awry (e.g. Kleinfelter's XXY Syndrome), or at odds with external appearance of the genitalia--e.g. Androgen Insensitivity (aka testicular feminization) and the converse (masculinization of the female fetus).
Comment from Robert Zimmerman
When overwhelming cultural change impinges on everyone, whirling and stomping is to be expected. I liked it better when a dump was a dump. Easier to remember.
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When overwhelming cultural change impinges on everyone, whirling and stomping is to be expected. I liked it better when a dump was a dump. Easier to remember.
Comment Written 12-May-2021
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Agreed!
Comment from BethShelby
This is another funny one. There are a lot of people who refuse to acknowledge transgender people as who they have become. They will always be in some minds the gender they were born with.
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This is another funny one. There are a lot of people who refuse to acknowledge transgender people as who they have become. They will always be in some minds the gender they were born with.
Comment Written 12-May-2021
reply by the author on 12-May-2021
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Thanks for weighing in.
Sometimes the chromosomes are awry (e.g. Kleinfelter's XXY Syndrome), or at odds with external appearance of the genitalia--e.g. Androgen Insensitivity (aka testicular feminization) and the converse (masculinization of the female fetus).
Comment from robyn corum
Liz,
It is hard to win with transgenders. It is hard to know how to refer to them, and each day, even, it can be different with certain ones (I think it's just the ones who want to be extremely difficult, though.)
Poor guy.
This reminded me of a fun story. My BIL - who thinks he's pretty cool and rather smart - met a new couple at church. Later, (a different date) he was in a group of men gathered in the church foyer. One of he men happened to be the male of the couple he'd met. My BIL is - well, you'd have to know him.
He was occupying a lot of the convo and trying to bring in the new member. 'What do you think about that, Mr. Wolf?' 'That's the deacon we're referring to, Mr. Wolf.' 'They sit two rows behind you, Mr. Wolf.'
When Mr. Wolf walked away, all the other men turned to my BIL with wide eyes. 'WHAT are you DOING?' they asked. 'His name is FOX.'
reply by the author on 12-May-2021
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Liz,
It is hard to win with transgenders. It is hard to know how to refer to them, and each day, even, it can be different with certain ones (I think it's just the ones who want to be extremely difficult, though.)
Poor guy.
This reminded me of a fun story. My BIL - who thinks he's pretty cool and rather smart - met a new couple at church. Later, (a different date) he was in a group of men gathered in the church foyer. One of he men happened to be the male of the couple he'd met. My BIL is - well, you'd have to know him.
He was occupying a lot of the convo and trying to bring in the new member. 'What do you think about that, Mr. Wolf?' 'That's the deacon we're referring to, Mr. Wolf.' 'They sit two rows behind you, Mr. Wolf.'
When Mr. Wolf walked away, all the other men turned to my BIL with wide eyes. 'WHAT are you DOING?' they asked. 'His name is FOX.'
Comment Written 12-May-2021
reply by the author on 12-May-2021
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Thanks for weighing in.
Sometimes the chromosomes are awry (e.g. Kleinfelter's XXY Syndrome), or at odds with external appearance of the genitalia--e.g. Androgen Insensitivity (aka testicular feminization) and the converse (masculinization of the female fetus).
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HOW do you know this? Wow!
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Google refreshed my memory! I've been long fascinated by this subject.
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There are a plethora of odd conditions that span the F/M spectrum. e.g. Intersex individuals have ambiguous genitalia--I believe that these days parents are advised to refrain from labeling and see which gender the child leans toward. In the old days they assigned one or the other at birth, which may turn out not to be the one the child identifies with.
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We've talked about this before. I apologize for not remembering. It's kind of one of those things that doesn't make a difference to our relationship and that I didn't plan to ask a bunch of qs about.
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This was just additional TMI that I'd intended to include the first time--apologies for the overload!
Comment from Raffaelina Lowcock
A rose by any other name? A long-held belief of many cannot be rearranged. The transgender thing is to accommodate the person who feels the opposite of what he/she is. Those that observe haven't 'changed'.
Ralf
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A rose by any other name? A long-held belief of many cannot be rearranged. The transgender thing is to accommodate the person who feels the opposite of what he/she is. Those that observe haven't 'changed'.
Ralf
Comment Written 12-May-2021
reply by the author on 12-May-2021
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Thanks for weighing in.
Sometimes the chromosomes are awry (e.g. Kleinfelter's XXY Syndrome), or at odds with external appearance of the genitalia--e.g. Androgen Insensitivity (aka testicular feminization) and the converse (masculinization of the female fetus).
Comment from Begin Again
To each his or her own... Can't please them all and I am certainly not going to try... Too much drama in my family already. LOL There's our dear Scott loading you up with fodder for FS again... Do you take notes so you can remember all this at later dates? LOL Smiles, Carol
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To each his or her own... Can't please them all and I am certainly not going to try... Too much drama in my family already. LOL There's our dear Scott loading you up with fodder for FS again... Do you take notes so you can remember all this at later dates? LOL Smiles, Carol
Comment Written 12-May-2021
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I rush home to write before I forget, and take much creative license regardless!
Thanks for weighing in.
Sometimes the chromosomes are awry (e.g. Kleinfelter's XXY Syndrome), or at odds with external appearance of the genitalia--e.g. Androgen Insensitivity (aka testicular feminization) and the converse (masculinization of the female fetus).
Comment from DentedSyke
I simply can't understand why you don't put your collection of stories from your life into a book. I'd buy that sucker in a flash! Like all of your stories, this one sparkles with humor and doubles as a spotlight on where we are as a society. Great work, Liz!
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I simply can't understand why you don't put your collection of stories from your life into a book. I'd buy that sucker in a flash! Like all of your stories, this one sparkles with humor and doubles as a spotlight on where we are as a society. Great work, Liz!
Comment Written 12-May-2021
reply by the author on 12-May-2021
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Thanks for the compliment--alas, nobody bothers to read books--I can't even get my real-life friends to read online. I'll keep posting here so you can read free!
Scott's a font of entertainment! Nice to see you, as always.
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I know the feeling; no one reads anything of length anymore. Sigh. Thanks for the postings. They are wonderful!
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I thank you for yours--and for saying that!
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:)
Comment from Wendy G
Poor Scott can't win! It's another amusing experience for him (just read about the previous one with the deaf customer), and he keeps you supplied with interesting and fun matter for your stories. Well written.
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Poor Scott can't win! It's another amusing experience for him (just read about the previous one with the deaf customer), and he keeps you supplied with interesting and fun matter for your stories. Well written.
Comment Written 12-May-2021
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Scott's a font of entertainment! Nice to see you, as always.
Comment from karenina
However does she walk with her buttocks squeezed so tightly? Intolerance is choosing ignorance over truth. Not her truth...
Chris's truth.
Karenina
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However does she walk with her buttocks squeezed so tightly? Intolerance is choosing ignorance over truth. Not her truth...
Chris's truth.
Karenina
Comment Written 12-May-2021
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So true! Scott's a font of entertainment! Nice to see you, as always.
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You pull the bandaid off of festering sores of holier tjan thou disease!
Yay!
K
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
Ha ha ha, a case of not being able to please all of the people all of the time here. Transgenders are an oddity because they swing between dressing as a man and a woman and it can be confusing for he neighbours. We humans like to know who people really are and gender is one of those undefined circumstances here, much enjoyed Elizabeth, love Dolly x
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Ha ha ha, a case of not being able to please all of the people all of the time here. Transgenders are an oddity because they swing between dressing as a man and a woman and it can be confusing for he neighbours. We humans like to know who people really are and gender is one of those undefined circumstances here, much enjoyed Elizabeth, love Dolly x
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Comment Written 12-May-2021
reply by the author on 12-May-2021
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Scott's a font of entertainment! Nice to see you, as always.