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[Sean C Lynch Painting]

PLEASE STOP EMAILING ME

r-depaula <r-depaula at UOL.COM.BR> wrote:    > People,
  I understand a point about the word choice. I usually use the term homoerotic women. 
  Rogéria
   
   
   
  I see your point.
  > But within the current gender system, the critique would be "Any 
  > Lesbian is not a real woman".
  > 
  > I am not criticizing you, but your choices are attached to certain 
  > political interpretations, whether you believe in them or not.
  > I'm making a point about how the logic of standard gender ideology 
  > positions women who are labeled "masculine" or Lesbian".
  > 
  > Other gender and sex nonconforming, or resisting, people are also 
  > similarly positioned.
  > 
  > I'm sounding a note of caution, to think about this when/if 
  > choosing labels, especially before starting a project. Because the 
  > labels can implicitly frame the project, and you may not want to 
  > frame it that way.
  > Amy
  > 
  > 
  > On Mar 25, 2008, at 1:56 PM, Rezenet Moges (cappucheeno at yahoo.com) 
  > wrote:
  > 
  > > It would not be true if I applied your logic as "masculine" women are
  > > not "real" women to this statement: "butch" lesbians are not "real"
  > > lesbians. I use the gender descriptions not to judge the mediocrity 
  > > of a
  > > person's sex.
  > >
  > > -Rezenet Moges
  > >
  > >
  > > On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:30:54 -0500, Amy Sheldon 
  > > wrote:
  > >
  > >>
  > >> One of the problems I have with the idea of describing nondrag king
  > >> women as "mascuiline" women, is that it conveys the idea that such
  > >> women are not "real" women. Not bona fide. If we stick with labels
  > >> that come out of the rhetoric of gender hierarchy and gender
  > >> categories, i.e., the status quo,, that's one of the consequences.
  > >> Gender is political.
  > >> Amy
  > >>
  > >
  > >>>>> http://muddy.erinad.org



Sean Lynch
  sclynchpainting at yahoo.com 
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