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Originally Posted by The_Lady_Snow
So is it for butches, femmes, femme's who are masculine identified? Who are we against?
Are we talking about gender
The VS makes it feel like one is better than the other I am confused
Help me please understand what the discussion is.
Thanks in advance
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OK, I see what you mean. I wasn't using v.s. to do that- it came from the prior thread and you are right, it did cause conflict. I thought that by opening up a discussion for everyone, the v.s. would be discussed in a different light. The thread is an off-shoot of the thread:
Male ID butch vs. FTM?? http://www.butchfemmeplanet.com/foru...698#post184698 which is in the Trans Zone. I am trying to to get at the whole problem of the VS and exclusion of all identifications being able to discuss this issue as it was posed in that thread.
There can be a wedge about transgendered people retaining butch or femme as part of their identification and I think that is wrong because many people that transition (no matter the degree) have a long personal history as either that goes beyond identifications. I posted about this (so did others) in the other thread, but things went off in other directions, so the whole premise was lost.
The v.s. is the problem, you are right. But v.s. continues (as is demonstrated by the title of the other thread) to be used. Interesting, that it took an open forum, outside of specific Trans or Butch Zones to get some chatter about this.
My point is that we have to get out of our specifc zones in order to get anywhere positive with gender issues.
But, I see now that i should have changed the title from the original question posed. Thanks, Snow! You have now set things in motion to get at the bottom of the whole subject! This very v.s is at the heart of the issue.
I could have made my op more clear as is often the case of ops here (I have had to ask for clarification about other ops, too). For that, I apologize.
We are NOT against anyone, I hope! You might want to take a look at the thread in the Trans Zone.