“Male and female babies may be born. But those complex, gender-loaded individuals we call men and women are produced. The complex assembly line includes all of our socialization processes, of which the acquisition of scientific knowledge is but one. Since our culture offers a privileged place to science, however, it is an especially important one.”
― Myths of Gender: Biological Theories about Women and Men
― Myths of Gender: Biological Theories about Women and Men
“If the state and the legal system have an interest in maintaining a two-party sexual system, they are in defiance of nature. For biologically speaking, there are many gradations running from female to male; and depending on how one calls the shots, one can argue that along that spectrum lie at least five sexes - and perhaps even more. For some time medical investigators have recognized the concept of the intersexual body... Indeed, I would argue further that sex is a vast, infinitely malleable continuum that defies the constraints of even five categories.”
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“repeat after me:
you owe
no one
your forgiveness.
- except maybe yourself.”
― The Princess Saves Herself in This One
you owe
no one
your forgiveness.
- except maybe yourself.”
― The Princess Saves Herself in This One
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