tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154009.post4626030756892223069..comments2023-10-30T04:41:01.066-07:00Comments on Confessions From A Stay At Homo (SAHM): The Effects Of Moving Down the Gender Scalegiddingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999401177122785401noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9154009.post-20021546144193447012006-11-15T16:08:00.000-08:002006-11-15T16:08:00.000-08:00I am so glad you enjoy George Saunders as much as ...I am so glad you enjoy George Saunders as much as I do. I feel like this essay ought to be required reading as a precursor to anyone arguing against same-sex marriage.<br /><br />In a delightful stroke of serendipity, yesterday evening I heard a <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6487328">Patricia Neighmond piece on NPR about testosterone supplements</a>. You ain't kidding about gender being " fluid, changing over the course of our life": I learned in Neighmond's piece that "a 65-year-old man could easily have about one-third less testosterone than he did when he was younger." Yowza!<br /><br />Of course, what's hard about the fluidity of gender identification is the rigid social attitudes about it, who's supposed to be what; what's okay; what's conferred power & respect, etc. Just like for kids of LGBT parents: it's not that being kids of LGBT parents that's hard, it's being subject to homophobia and hatred that's hard. Alas.<br /><br />But the times they are a-changin', sister!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com