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@El'endiaStarman It was hard to read. Like a masochist, how could any man continue to put up with those nasty feminists constantly hating on men? When I kept seeing "are these my people", I just kept saying "eff those b----es! Stop hating yourself."

@curiousdannii It was a strain to read for just plain readability reasons, but we were warned.

I'd read something the author actually spent time developing.

I can't say it was illuminating. Nothing about what it means to feel a gender was explained. The author kept saying things like wendy in a nightgown, and shaving legs. Is that what makes one feel like a woman?

Not to denigrate a large portion of it, but people tend to romanticize childhood fantasies. Praying on a star, literally? Honestly, I don't believe it.

And the allusions to what he studied in college, gender studies and that absurd crap? I'm thinking, "no wonder you hate yourself". That's all designed to make you hate men and families and fathers, etc.

And then when you're feeling sympathy for all his self-loathing, you read the comments and see he's just as bitchy as those feminists he mentions.

@TRiG Np, I know you'll throw me a zinger if any come to you ;)

@curiousdannii Is that what makes an Australian?

To some extent, I agree. It's hard to quantify what is and isn't an identity. But I don't think ineffable is right. The must be something we can say about our identities.

"I am because I am". As Christians, it looks like only God gets ineffable identity.

So what's an Australian? It's at least related to Australia, the land mass. That's quantifiable. Generally, we expect it to be related to proximity to Australia, whether you live there, were born there, or have heritage there.

So what's a man? Really, what do we say here? I have my own ideas, but I don't think it's ineffable.

Is it no longer fair to say a man at least had something to do with being sexually male.

Is it no longer fair to say a man at least has something to do with being male sex?

Wherever we go with this, I can't see any direction that completely divides gender and sex, as that medium author perhaps believes (I'm assuming based on the near complete lack of sexuality shared).

@El'endiaStarman I'd like to circle back to this, unless you don't want to. Was an early thought regarding attraction? [Please, believe me, this isn't a troll or disingenuous. Sexual ambiguity and our reactions to it can be really illuminating].

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