Do you think that there is less of a line between gender?
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To a certain extent they are.  Men and women can apply for the same jobs, whether as a secretary or a CEO.\nBut the lines are still firmly drawn in other areas.  A girl is still "easy" if she sleeps with someone, and a boy is just being a boy.\nIf you watch 3-5 year old children you will still see boys playing with action figures and trucks while girls still play with dolls.\nThe opportunities for women are expanding every day, but, there are still many drawbacks.\nA working mother still doesn't love her children enough, but a man is supporting his family.\nThe gender bias is still there, but fading.\nMore and more men are deciding to be stay at home dads.  Some are still ridiculed, but it is easing.\nMost of the problem would go away if people could just go for what they do best without being looked at askance.  \nIf you look at the long run, you will see we've come a long way from the 50's and 60's.  We have come out of the dark ages, but we still need to move into the Renaisance.
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To answer from a guy's perspective: Absolutely! Men and women communicate very differently. This is one of the reasons couples so often have communication problems; they fail to recognize that their partner relies on different types of communication then they do. Men generally understand verbal and visual cues, where women are more apt to pick up on more subtle messages like body language, voice tone, etc. Because of this, men often get frustrated when women do not say what is on their mind and instead expect the man to pick up the subtle "hints". I am not saying that us guys are any better; both sexes need to recognize these differences in communication styles and consider them when interacting with each other.
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for girls maybe it is, but for guys not so much
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As a feminist, I truly wanted to believe that there is no difference between the way that males and females think.\n\nHowever, I am beginning to change my mind.\n\nRecent research has indicated that males' brains are better for focused, singular thought, and are unable to focus on more that one topic at a time.\n\nFemales' brains are better for multi-faceted thought and can maintain many simultaneous thought processes at one time.\n\nhttp://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050120_brain_sex.html
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Interesting. I do believe homosexuals are wired differently than heterosexuals. (on a sexual level, anyway) I don't know if I'd call it a defect from a secualar view. \n\nI remember research from several years ago that showed a gay male's hyperthalamous (sp? part in the brain that controls the sexuality) was more simular to a straight woman's than a straight male.
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between a bunch of gays instead of women?
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No -- I am not lesbian but I think that if I were lesbian I would regard transsexuals as a sort of man. There are a lot of men who go for transsexuals and some hetero women do, too.
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Becuse they can. There is no way of knowing if they are male or female in here. So they pick who they want to. They also like confuseing us when they ask a question.
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My oppinion is that people should keep what they are born with.  I think that men are born men so that they can fulfill manly duties, and I think that women are born women so that they can fulfill womenly duties. ;)
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i honestly dont see why women are thought of as being less powerful or able, it is discrimation of the worst sort.\nwhichever sex, the better candidate should dominate, male or female.
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I think being a girl, you're not allowed to do alot of things, iv seen my brothers grow up being allowed to do so much more then me.  But then again, us girls also got our way with alot of things.
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In some societies it is not acceptable, in others it is.\n\nI have no issue with it, and try to relate to people the way they are, and not according to their size, colour or sexual orientation etc.
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They both test differently... I think both should be used.  hey need to reformat the test to not be gender or ethnically biased but otherwise, combined, they are great tools.
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I think personality is more important than gender. There are some guys that I get along with really well and some that I don't, same with girls. Its all a matter of how well personalities mesh when it comes to living together.
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I actually think it is! I have seen black people who are racist against blacks (there was some talk show on it a long time ago), so it could be that someone is sexist against their own gender. For example, some man may feel that men are inferior to women because they are unable to bear children. Odd, but it could happen!
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I hate to say this but I hate it when one person speaks for all. ALL WOMEN are different the same as all men are different. I am a woman who looks for the sensitivity in a man as I appreciate that. I do believe as a society we have come to look at emotions as being a weak thing but I don't agree. I can agree with self resolve though too. The answers are within and we must seek to find them. No one is an authority over us so why run to other people as if they are.
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Femininity and masculinity come with different angles. It is actually the aspects of feminity and masculinity, not sloely the presence of either that makes the attractiveness of a person. Actually these labels are TOO comprehensive and are not person-centered. If one really thinks about it, a drag queen can be a total butch queen they are not painted. I have met a few who are. Also, a guy who likes "guy things" can have some truly "girly" features. In essence there are many hybrids in the gay community just as there are queens and butch men. So, I have to speak from the level that it truly the balance of two people that makes it work and not the ambiguities of external qualties. In our community, they can be overly portayed and very misleading. Therefore its the deeper balance of internal virtues that makes you TRULY appreciate a person, however you must look past what I call "acute attraction" to see them. As always, it takes effort. Yet what i understand is there is a dimmension of experience, needs, emotional wavelengths (as well as change) that makes gay men and lesbian women WHO THEY ARE. These things fit into their "eyes of atraction". What they need is very much different, because as people they ARE different than opposite-sex partners. Although I can find a woman atttactive, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, I can NEVER have the kind of relationship with a woman beyond being a friend, as I do not like to take leadership and would rather be told what I should do. Therefore, for that very reason, I chose a realtionship with an older man who is 25 years my senior and it has proven to work. We have been togther for almost 2 years now. Where I am physically atracted to guys in thier 20s, for the very same reasons, a realtionship with another guy my age would also likley not work for me. Would an older woman guide me like he has while allowing me to help him? I cant say for sure no, but I can almost suspect that the balance would just not be there. It is so much more than whats in the underwear, so much very much more.