Okay this is beginning to be like the Heisenberg's Principal of Uncertainty, that the act of observing something changes the object being observed. Of course the principal applies to subatomic particles but it also seems to apply to everyday reality as well. So is gender a purely social construction? Or is it innate? And if it's a social construct, does our gender identity change when society changes? I don't think the answer is a simple yes or no. -- Eddie Pedantic Gasbag Discussion Group

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Date Posted: 16:06:47 02/08/02 Fri
Author: spoot going extremely pedantic!
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Okay this is beginning to be like the Heisenberg's Principal of Uncertainty, that the act of observing something changes the object being observed. Of course the principal applies to subatomic particles but it also seems to apply to everyday reality as well. So is gender a purely social construction? Or is it innate? And if it's a social construct, does our gender identity change when society changes? I don't think the answer is a simple yes or no.
In reply to: BZC am I even following the context of your question? 's message, "good question, but do you mean for anyone or strictly TV's? I would presume you would feel different, maybe not in one's own self at first, but by the way the world and society treated the "new you". I would love to understand how it feels to be and male and think(though I've never wanted to be one), just so I could understand some of their behaviours. Some of my best answers have come from observing anyone's behaviour from a biological(evolutionary driven) standpoint." on 16:28:30 02/05/02 Tue

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well....except for procreation, gender is innate, so everyone is somewhere along that gender highway, but I think then society needs definitions to communicate, thus these boxes are formed, but there aren't enough boxes to define everyone, and then certain boxes have stigmas attached, both good and bad. So yeah I think alot of the problems are because gender has become too much of a social issue, versus just being what it is for each individual person. (NT) -- BZC...full of shit, 19:30:41 02/10/02 Sun
- Well it's very intellectual shit! When I try to talk about this stuff it starts out very clear in my head but by the time it gets typed up and sent to cyberspace it all sounds too complicated and vague. I tell you there's goblins in the internet! (NT) -- Hi BZC! How goes it? (spoot waving frantically), 03:00:26 02/11/02 Mon