[GALA-L] Sheldon's question about "masculine women"

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--- Sean C Lynch Painting <sclynchpainting at YAHOO.COM>
a écrit :

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> "Rezenet Moges (cappucheeno at yahoo.com)"
> <rmoges at CSULB.EDU> wrote:  I chose the term
> "masculine women" as the category of my research 
> subjects. Yes, it is sometimes awkward to find the
> appropriate term 
> without discomforting anyone. In the continuum of
> the gender identity 
> between femininity and masculinity, as stated
> earlier, I will focus on the 
> women on the far end of masculinity. I am not
> focusing on their 
> sexuality; thus, I will not mention them as butch
> lesbians, dykes, studs, 
> or else. I will include heterosexual tomboys and
> girl-jocks in my study, 
> so I welcome all women of any sexual background but
> of specified gender 
> category with the presence of masculinity.
> Simultaneously, they need to 
> be native signers as well.
> 
> As a native signer myself, I find it difficult to
> settle on a single sign 
> for "masculine" without making any establishment or
> compounded sign. I 
> have seen several variations for that sign. The most
> popular sign for 
> that word resembles to "MACHO" or "BUTCH." If I was
> to be transliterate 
> in writing, it does not seem appropriate to write
> "
sign language, focused 
> on MACHO women." Would it?
> 
> In addition, all this is in its preliminary stages
> of research so I am 
> eager to hear any feedback. Thanks for your inquiry.
> 
> 
> (I tried to post since last night, and am uncertain
> if there will be 
> repetitive posts. So please excuse this if it does.)
> 
> 
> 
> Rezenet Moges
> 
> Research Assistant,
> Anthropology Department,
> CSU, Long Beach
> 
> 
> 
> Sean Lynch
>   sclynchpainting at yahoo.com 
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