What does "woman" mean in a post-gender world?

[amiyesiam]

Originally Posted by Heart

First off -- much of the world is anything but post-gender, so although I am a proponant of a global persepctive, in this thread I suppose we'd have to look at the "post-gender world" with a somewhat narrower focus.

Honestly I don't want to live in a post gender world. Post gender means after gender (like post ww2 means after ww2) What would we be if there were no gender? I don't want to live in a world where we are all the same, how boring. I like the big, confusing, wonderful, beautiful rainbow of all of us no matter how fucked up it can be.

Do you use the term "woman" as part of your identity?

It is what 99% of humanity would call me looking at me. Am I a woman Yes I am.

What does it mean to you to use/not use the term "woman?"

not much, perhaps because I don't have angst about "me" I don't worry/think about this type of stuff.

Does tension/discomfort exist for you in using the term "woman" together with butch, femme, queer, or any of your other identity definers? If so, why?

No

If you do not use the term "woman" how did you come to the decision not to?

n/a

How is "woman" different from "female" (and I don't mean in the academic sense, but in the lived experience sense).

In the lived sense of my life there isn't any difference

What does "woman" mean?

not man

What does "woman" not mean?

man

There are many other questions that could be asked, and by all means ask them.

I fully understand that there are people whose need to question their own gender ect is driven from a deep disparity between how they appear and who they are. I fully understand there are more than 2 genders. I also understand that there are people for whom it all matches up. More importantly we all should be accepted as we are and as we grow and evolve.

Personally I like to look at things from a different angle.
We are here on this planet
We are all human
We all have the same needs for love, acceptance, and community.
We all feel that this web site is a place we want to be
We are all different yet so alike
deconstructing things can help us understand each other better
But we need to reconstruct things when we are done
To reaffirm our connections
our support for each other