Gender Wars - A Femme's Perspective

[Martina]

Originally Posted by Medusa

* As a Femme of whatever ID, do you feel animosity towards (entire groups) of Butch or Trans IDs?

No, i do not.

Originally Posted by Medusa

* Do you see yourself or ID as being at "war" with another Femme ID or complicit in a "war" between Butch or Trans IDs?

No.

Originally Posted by Medusa

* Do you see any group of masculine ID's having an agenda to attack another group?

No. i see defensiveness and fear and a lot of people seeing things only through their own lens.

Originally Posted by Medusa

* As a Femme, do you see a "war" between Femmes of different IDs? Why or why not?

No.

Originally Posted by Medusa

* Do you think that Femmes contribute in any way to the gender or identity formation of Butches or Transmen? How about contributing to the gender formation of Butches of Transmen who Femmes date?

i do. i think we form identities in part to attract the kind of people we want to attract.

Originally Posted by Medusa

* Do you, as a Femme, have a feminine or masculine identity?

i don't think of it that way, but feminine.

Originally Posted by Medusa

* Do you even feel like there is a "Gender War"? Is that an external manifestation of the internal? Do you feel that it is a construct of the larger sexist and misogynist society at work here?

No, i do not think there is a gender war. Yes, sexism and misogyny are behind a lot of the group dynamics that are taking place.