There certainly are more differences between bats and humans than there are between boys and girls, but they're still different. The differences are physical as well as social. There certainly is a "girl role" that is "imposed" on girls, but that role is part of their identity. A boy who'd like to live in that role will not have had the same experiences as the girl. — Relativist
Incisive, oh wise one!To be gay is to be homosexual, — Sapientia
Gay-homosexual-attracted to people of one's own sex - mastery of the subject matter! I am learning!which is to be sexually attracted to people of one's own sex — Sapientia
"or"? What is this "or"? It seems very much a "fish" in the punchbowl. What does it mean?or exclusively so — Sapientia
And that's rather the whole point, isn't it? We all seem to know, in some sense, what "gay" is - or is in our particular application it. And you're right, most definitions can be picked apart. Which just means that whatever you build your definition on, can be, will be washed away in a seaway. That "or" of yours above just blows it all up - but I think you've done the best you can do.You could've gotten that from a dictionary. And yes, that definition could be pedantically picked apart like practically any other definition, with the words "game" and "chair" being good examples. But that doesn't mean that the meaning is a mystery or that there is no meaning at all. Get a grip, lad. — Sapientia
Incisive, oh wise one!
Gay-homosexual-attracted to people of one's own sex - mastery of the subject matter! I am learning! — tim wood
"or"? What is this "or"? It seems very much a "fish" in the punchbowl. What does it mean? — tim wood
The considered judgment of my former colleagues, that you dismiss, was the result of thoughtful discussion over time. — tim wood
So I offer this as a definition of "homosexual": whatever a self-proclaimed homosexual says it is, whenever it should please him to say it. — tim wood
*They had even less patience with my questions than you do. They were smart, educated, gay social workers providing services to the general community and the LGBTQ community in particular. In a sense they were experienced professionally gay people. Their answer to my question, then, could not have been "stupid." — tim wood
So I offer this as a definition of "homosexual": whatever a self-proclaimed homosexual says it is, whenever it should please him to say it. — tim wood
You can't possibly believe this? — Snakes Alive
Well, according Sapientia, there's no rocket science here. Keeping in mind that all he offers is seat-of-the-pants navigation, what do you have that's better? We all seem to agree (I think) that there is no "acid" test.You can't possibly believe this? — Snakes Alive
Well, according Sapientia, there's no rocket science here. Keeping in mind that all he offers is seat-of-the-pants navigation, what do you have that's better? We all seem to agree (I think) that there is no "acid" test. — tim wood
But I do know what it is like to be myself. — Moliere
There are simple answers one can give to the question – it sucks, it feels great, it's fun, it has its ups and downs, etc. — Snakes Alive
So you are happy that there is no difference between "How are you feeling?" and "What is it like to be you?" — Banno
As if how you feel is not subject to change... — Banno
Because how you feel might change continually. — Banno
↪Banno They could tell you, you could notice their reactions to things, etc. — Snakes Alive
Do you?
Is there a thing that it is like to be Molie?
How would you tell? Since you can't know what it is like to be a bat, how can you differentiate what it is like to be Molie? — Banno
That is, the whole what it is like to be... is logically fraught.
Your feeling of what it is like to be you changes without your noticing. Then it cannot be part of what it is to be you; and not what makes you who you are...
Because how you feel might change continually. — Banno
All individuals possess an innate essential gender that is independent of both their biological sex and the gender they were raised as, and this innate essential gender is the sole definition of gender that should be recognized for social, political, and legal purposes.
All individuals possess an innate essential gender that is independent of both their biological sex and the gender they were raised as, and this innate essential gender is the sole definition of gender that should be recognized for social, political, and legal purposes.
Seems at odds with anything I'm saying, but I'm listening. — Moliere
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