Aaron- People are believed to be unable to change genders without sex change surgery, and those who do change sex are considered to be both disturbed and exceedingly rare.
Lesley- I 100% agree with what you are saying Aaron! The weird thing is though, is that even when someone undergoes a sex change surgery, they still have the mentality and emotional sides of that same sex and person they were/are. Just because you remove your male genitalia doesn’t mean your mind and brain is going to start thinking like a girl. How can you do a complete personality transplant? You can’t! I would agree that people who wish to no longer be their sex are disturbed and must have some sort of psychological problem. When looking at women who completely resemble men and men who wear women’s clothes and have implants and are “cross-dressers”, I can only wonder what in the world is going on in their head!!
Aaron- These two clusters of attributes are most commonly seen as mirror images of one another with masculinity usually characterized by dominance and aggression, and femininity by passivity and submission.
Lesley- I would agree with you as well in this statement but it is becoming very common to see these attributes reversed in the each gender. Yes, men are known to be the strong, tough, insensitive, non emotional, hardworking, competitive, and success oriented ones out of the two genders. They are stereotyped as the aggressive leaders (not followers) who will get their way. This is not true in many circumstances. Of course men are created to have those natural qualities and mentalities about them; even from when boys are little they learn to play with trucks and legos, and play games where they fight each other or pretend to blow each other up. But many men do have the kind, quiet spirit while remaining to be in the lead. Women on the other hand are stereotyped just as you said Aaron. They were originally considered to be passive, submissive, and loving. That view seems to be very distant from our world today. That seems to be the view which should fit in with the “Leave it to Beaver” lifestyle. Today women are very much like men. They are strong and opinionated living their lives in independence and wishing to do all without a man by their side. Many feel they don’t need a man and adopt children and start a family as a single parent. Women are taking a more masculine approach to life. I forgot to mention though that men are shifting as well. Like I said before Aaron, some people are disturbed and are taking the cross-dressing lifestyle. Many men and women have now come out as homosexual and have no problem trying to switch roles. Men are feminine and passive while women are harsh and powerful. Things can definitely get confusing!!
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Lesley, I agree with you in the opinion that by just changing your sex does not change your personality. It is true that each gender acts differently but as you mentioned these roles have changed a lot. Many women are accomplishing roles of men and vice versa. Do you agree with women doing the man's job?
I really like how you structured your post. It really sounded like a real conversation between you and Devor. It was really good how you took what Devor said and related it to your own opinions on gender. I strongly agree with you about the sex-changing topic. I do believe that people who chose to change their sex completely, even their genitalia, are deeply disturbed on some psychological level. However, I think that you also have to look at both sides of the equation. We have no idea what those people are going through, what they are thinking or feeling. As a society we should be accepting of their choices, and even though it is not considered the norm, we shouldn't treat them any less than human because they are still people too.
Also, in your second response you said that men and women are beginning to act outside of their stereotypical gender roles. However, I think that this is just the natural progression of society as women have evolved to become more equal to men. Women used to be more dependent on men to provide for them which led to them being more passive and submissive. But since women are advancing in their careers and getting paid higher salaries than in the past and as a result they no longer rely on men as a provider. Women are much more independent in today's society and are developing more masculine characteristics such as indenpdance and dominance because it's a necessity in the business world and when you are starting your own family. Just because a women has a more masculine personality does not mean that she is no longer a women or that she is suddenly a lesbian. It's just an adaptation that has been made in order to survive and succeed in modern society.
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