As a mind-bending exhibition that opened Friday at the Japan Society illustrates, they are what scholars call a third gender — adolescent males seen as the height of beauty in early modern Japan who were sexually available to both men and women. Known as wakashu, they are one of several examples i[...]
Posts Tagged ‘gender’
March 10th, 2019 - 1:09 am § in America
A figure in a translucent kimono coyly holds a fan. Another arranges an iris in a vase. Are they men or women?
June 28th, 2018 - 11:48 am § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges
What if Girls Are Not so Good At Programming?
A UW instructor in comp sci recently got flamed on for raising the possibility that women are less good at math and comp sci. Stuart Reges’own Chair lashed out saying that such an idea violated the Dept’s commitment to training women. As a scientist and, hopefully as a rational human, [...]
July 21st, 2017 - 12:59 am § in The Ave Scene
Identity Politics
My wife and I just paid our annual dues at a Jewish liberal group. New to the form was a request that include our “pronouns.” I think the choices were He, She, or They,. I guess It is out? OK, I see that people have all kinds of rights to choose an identity, but the […][...]
March 10th, 2017 - 1:16 am § in Hypocrisy
What Is a Transgender Child?
American College of Pediatrics reaches decision: Transgenderism of children is child abuse Michael Dorstewitz BIZPAC REVIEW The American College of Pediatricians issued a statement this week condemning gender reclassification in children by stating that transgenderism in children amounts to chil[...]
January 20th, 2017 - 12:52 pm § in Misc.
Oh oh .. I agree with Ben Carson
Taking the majority’s rights of privacy away is as wrong as forcing compliance on the 3/1000 people estimated to be transgender. <me> Speaking to the Florida delegation at the RNC , Carson insisted that biology trumps gender identity: I got to tell you: For thousands of years, mankind [...]
June 6th, 2016 - 9:48 am § in Misc.
Hypocrisy and Gender
High School Boy Wins All-State Honors In Girls Track And Field High school girls in Alaska are crying foul after a male sprinter took home all-state honors in girls’ track and field. According to local reports, it was the first time in Alaskan history that a ma DAILYCALLER.COM[...]