tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post3762949995495629471..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Writing about Sensitive Issues - Inter-gender, by Kathleen JonesKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-84571917886612534632014-05-08T16:12:20.296+01:002014-05-08T16:12:20.296+01:00Excellent thought provoking post Kathleen, and goo...Excellent thought provoking post Kathleen, and good luck with the new book.Ann Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310566139408774783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-10337402185110068232014-05-05T20:12:26.417+01:002014-05-05T20:12:26.417+01:00fascinating post Kathleen, a vital subject and pro...fascinating post Kathleen, a vital subject and provoking much discussion and contemplation. while it seems there is an innate awareness of one's gender, it's another thing to decide men are this, women are that, boys like this, girls like that, and then judge people according to whether they fit these largely cultural stereotypes. such horrible cruelty was done in the past to intersex children, but of course at the same time they were performing ECT (and still are, disgracefully), and lobotomies and other horror of the 'doctors know best, women are all hysterical' school of thought.Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-40052006499752240152014-05-05T16:10:44.996+01:002014-05-05T16:10:44.996+01:00I agree with your rant Cally - diversity is the na...I agree with your rant Cally - diversity is the natural order!I hate this human obsession with pigeon holing everything into strict categories - especially after wrestling with the KDP categories for fiction. AAAAAAgh .....Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-21191575260866867952014-05-05T15:49:03.746+01:002014-05-05T15:49:03.746+01:00Very interesting. I've never really been convi...Very interesting. I've never really been convinced that physical gender is any reflection of mind gender anyway... but this gets me into hot water with feminists too I'm afraid - I don't think there is a strict male/female difference, I just think there are a lot of differences and it's just weariesome that people use sex and/or gender as a way of demarcating anything (just as stupid as race or IQ) Diversity is the natural order and categorising a form of oppression (in my opinion) We are all just people (including animals!!) in my view and no one more or less than any other - until we start trying to set hierarchies including the dreaded bell curve! Rant over. CallyPhillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481379296340077102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-90052566238356019492014-05-05T13:36:12.362+01:002014-05-05T13:36:12.362+01:00Yes Lee, the more we know about gender the more we...Yes Lee, the more we know about gender the more we have to acknowledge that there are more than two sides, more colours than black and white. The doctor I talked to said 'Nature loves variety - society hates it'. <br />Thanks Jo and Julia - we do need to get our attitudes to difference into the 21st century rather than (at best) 19th century and (at worst) medieval.<br />Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-47753093523044944632014-05-05T12:33:39.328+01:002014-05-05T12:33:39.328+01:00What an interesting post - and the critical line -...What an interesting post - and the critical line - Gender difference is only one kind of difference used to put people down - seems to me the crux of it. Sad that we have to find scapegoats - I know it makes for great novels, but I still wish we weren't locked in the politics of the playground.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-27040351571945271222014-05-05T10:12:10.069+01:002014-05-05T10:12:10.069+01:00How completely fascinating! Thanks KathleenHow completely fascinating! Thanks Kathleenjulia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-151423974834671562014-05-05T10:04:01.529+01:002014-05-05T10:04:01.529+01:00A very timely concern, and one which doesn't q...A very timely concern, and one which doesn't quite yield to the binary approach we humans seem to favour - your 'both sides'. SFonal writers are doing lots of interesting things regarding gender at the moment. (Leckie's Ancillary Justice has just won the Clarke Award.) The Amazon sample of your novel is so well written that I must see how you proceed!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.com