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Old 01-17-2013, 10:07 PM   #93
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In a realationship with my PhD. Dissertation work for the next 3 years
 

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The word masculinity or center? I am not understanding here.
All labeling , butch, femme, masculinity, transsexual, etc. all find there roots in the medical industrial complex, a system of control
So for me in my unlearnig I have realized that all the language used must be defined by the person using the term, and some of it will be familiar so will not. But Butch is not a term born out of community, it is a term applied that we took back and claimed.
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