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Ruinenlust wrote:This is exceptionally well put, both for its simplicity and its ubiquity across all cultures. I absolutely love this analogy, because it truly hits the nail on the head. We live in a right-handed world, and that's okay insofar as 90% of the human race is right-handed, but it's not okay insofar as that has historically caused problems and mistreatment towards the 10% who are left-handed. Religions also ought to view being non-straight as being left-handed as well; it's easy to explain as something that "just happens to happen once in a while," or something to that effect.

I always ask my students if anyone is left-handed, and it's never more than two or three in a class, and sometimes it's zero or one. The truly rare thing is being functionally ambidextrous. I can actually write on the board with either hand, and the kids can't seem to tell the difference. On paper, though, I write with my left hand. I have to practice more with my right hand, haha!

Welcome to the Forest! I hope that you enjoy your time here. This is a good place to put down roots and to stay in. :-)

As to left handedness, both my father and sister were left handed while I am right handed. Both were red headed as well while I was blond.
I plan on teaching myself to be ambidextrous. Congratulations on doing so.

Darths and Droids wrote:IMO, these sorts of things will only serve to set back the movement for equality by years, perhaps even before Stonewall, because -- look, what do the "straights" see when they see these people? They see lunacy and madness. I see lunacy and madness. Feminism is shooting itself in the foot even as I speak with its blatant misandry, and you can see its results in India.

How in the world will this fight be won by the LGBTQ+ crowd when they are actively sabotaging themselves and proving the points of their opposition?! It's free propaganda for the so-called -phobes.

Call it an "in your face attitude" that many are quite willing to accept as a means of change. I certainly do.
As to the diversity of names, consider gender as fluid. The definitions evolve as every newish word does: organically.

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