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Originally Posted by Heart
Random - it's really frustrating for you to claim you understand what I'm saying when you obviously think that I am just not being accepting of diverse identities. That is not what my issue is at all.
Assumptions are made routinely that masculine women are "male." Butch women are assumed to be male identified, even when they are not. These assumptions are so woven into the fabric of our community that they go un-noticed. I used Nixon's comment to make that point.
I won't argue with you further because we are talking about apples and oranges
Heart
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That's fine..
For me we are not talking apple and oranges... we are talking different sides of the coins...
Yes, there are assumptions that masculine women are male... There are assumptions that masculine women are gay.. (I live in NE.. every time I go out to one of the small towns, farm wifes set off my butchar all the time..)
I'm just pointing out that while there are masuline women who id as women, there are also masculine women who id as male...
One should never be above the other... We can't automaticly assume that one is anything.. unless they say what they are...