what is the connection between postmodernism and transsexual issue?
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“Language is part of the dialectic of sexuality,” says Derrida; however, according to Long, it is not so much language that is part of the dialectic of sexuality, but rather the absurdity of language. The characteristic theme of Pickett’s analysis of Marxist socialism is the paradigm, and some would say the genre, of neodialectic sexual identity. However, Sartre uses the term ‘dialectic Marxism’ to denote a mythopoetical whole.\n\nIf one examines Marxist socialism, one is faced with a choice: either reject dialectic Marxism or conclude that the law is meaningless. Baudrillard promotes the use of material rationalism to challenge and read class. Thus, the subject is interpolated into a dialectic Marxism that includes art as a totality.\n\n“Sexuality is intrinsically elitist,” says Debord. Several discourses concerning the difference between sexual identity and society may be discovered. However, the subject is contextualised into a Marxist socialism that includes narrativity as a reality.\n\nThe main theme of the works of Stone is the economy of predeconstructivist sexuality. Any number of narratives concerning the precapitalist paradigm of expression exist. In a sense, Derrida suggests the use of dialectic Marxism to attack class divisions.\n\nMany desublimations concerning the role of the participant as reader may be revealed. Thus, Foucault’s essay on the precapitalist paradigm of expression suggests that art is used to marginalize the underprivileged.\n\nBaudrillard uses the term ‘Marxist socialism’ to denote the bridge between class and reality. Therefore, the premise of dialectic Marxism implies that class has significance.\n\nAn abundance of narratives concerning Marxist socialism exist. It could be said that de Selby states that we have to choose between dialectic Marxism and Derridaist reading.\n\nLyotard promotes the use of Marxist socialism to challenge society. However, Baudrillard uses the term ‘dialectic semioticism’ to denote the role of the writer as reader.\n\nThe subject is interpolated into a Marxist socialism that includes narrativity as a paradox. Thus, Sontag uses the term ‘the precapitalist paradigm of expression’ to denote the rubicon, and some would say the collapse, of postcapitalist class.\n\nThe subject is contextualised into a modern paradigm of expression that includes language as a whole. However, Bataille’s model of dialectic Marxism implies that truth serves to reinforce archaic perceptions of narrativity, but only if language is distinct from truth; if that is not the case, we can assume that discourse is created by communication.
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Metrosexual (along with the concept, metrosexuality) is a term coined in 1994 in an article in the The Independent by British journalist Mark Simpson, shortly after the publication of his book about contemporary masculine identity Male Impersonators: Men Performing Masculinity.\n\nIn his seminal essay, Simpson described the effect of consumerism and media proliferation, particularly the men’s style press, on traditional masculinity. The metrosexual, he says, is an urban male of any sexual orientation who has a strong aesthetic sense and spends a great deal of time and money on his appearance and lifestyle.[1]
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Yes, transexualism is very very real. And if anybody says otherwise, then they do not know what they are talking about or are being very very ignorant.\n\nIt has existed in human society since the dawn of ages and a paper has been written on it by Socrates and Plato in regards to it outlining the benefits of same sexed unions, making reference to the brain and not social conditioning.\n\nIn later years, studies and papers have been written by many esteemed socio-biologist and genetisist on the subject as well. One of them being Dr. Levy.\n\nDr. Levy had worked on the genetic aspect of it, working down to the chromosome level, identifing the x22 gene that differentiates our sexuality and the extent or it. Brain size also playing a factor in human sexuality.
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transgender....that means when a girl changes her gender or a guy  does to be the opposit sex or....that u think that u r a male trapped in a females body or the opposite.... i heared a doctor talking about that ...so here u go....hope it answered ur question
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Oh Lord, I have sooooooo much to say about this one.  Firstly, I had gender reassignment at 23, and although I was never a 'boy' in the real meaning of the term, I have lived life on both sides of the gender spectrum.  Thus, I have a somewhat unique perspective on gender.\n\nFirstly, there is really no such thing as 'boy' toys and 'girl' toys, or 'boy' colours and 'girls' colours, etc.  Colours are colours, period.  Toys are toys, period.  It just so happens that society has placed these labels on inanimate objects and expects the genders to conform to these labels.  It is true that, yes, dolls are marketed towards little girls.  Why?  Because companies want to play on the fact that little girls are (supposedly) more nurturing that little boys.  When in most cases this may be true, it is not 100% accurate.\n\nSecondly, I have no idea why parents get so wrapped up in this issue.  I know of a man who is married to a woman who has taken dance classes of all sorts (especially ballet) throughout all of her childhood, and she is very good!  They have a son.  One day he said "I'm sure there are many dads out there who would be fine with their son wearing tights and dancing ballet, but I'm not one of them."  My first thought was "Oh my god!  What if your son has inherited his mother's abilities to dance, and because of your sexist attitude, you would stop him from doing that.  He may be the world's next great male dancer!"  I am always flabbergasted (is that word even used anymore?) by parents who would limit their child's natural, God-given talents, simply because of a dumb sexist rule.\n\nOkay, my next point.  First off, being Christian, homosexuality is (supposed to be) against my faith.  I, however, choose not to judge, because it is a clear command in the Bible.  And, being transgendered, I'm hardly in a position to do so.  So, what if you did allow your son to have a broom and an iron as a toy when he's young and he did grow up to be gay.  So what?  Is it the broom and the iron's fault?  I highly doubt it.  For those who believe that homosexuality is an in-born trait, his choice of toys (or your choices for him) aren't going to make any different.  For those who believe homosexuals are made, then I guess you would be to blame for 'being an absent father' and your wife would be to blame for 'being an overly attached mother'.  Basically it boils down to: if he is, he is. . .if he isn't, he isn't.  Love him anyway.  He is your son.  You're supposed to love him no matter what.\n\nAnd again, yet another point.  You are right in saying that he will need the abilities of cleaning and ironing, etc. in order to survive.  So many young men haven't the slightest clue what to do about these chores when they're out on their own, because mom always did it for them.  In a world where both parents are usually working outside of the home (and I'm not really in favour of that, but I understand why), men should take a full 50% of the load of responsibility at home.  Women today are overworked because not only are they working 40 hours a week, they're also putting in at least that much at home.  I highly admire the husband who will help his wife out at home, because it is fair and right.  No longer are the days when the wife stays at home and cooks and cleans, and raises the kids, while the husband brings home the $$.  I have been blessed with a wonderful husband who does all of those things, and I am very greatful to have him.  Not that it was because his mother taught him those things.  It was because he had a desire to learn to do them, because he didn't feel it right that I should do all the work when I've just come home from a long day at work myself.  In fact, when he went through a period of unemployment, I didn't have to lift a finger at home, except to cook (my hubby isn't the greatest
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Gladly!\n\nA transgender individual is one who does not fit into traditional definitions of gender (gender being the way one looks and behaves).  There are many 'varieities' of transgendered people, so to speak, from those who feel they embody both masculine and feminine characteristics and hence aren't truly one or the other, those who feel they are both, neither, or are a 'third gender', so to speak, some cross-dressers and other folk who don't necessarily think of themselves as men or women in the way that society defines men and women.  They do not alter their bodies with surgery or hormones, however.\n\nTranssexuals usually have gender dysphoria, where they feel a mind-body dissonance (that they were born in the wrong body), and they take steps to remedy that with surgery and hormones.  Oftentimes transgender individuals will become transsexuals, and some transsexuals, even after their transitions, will realize that they are transgender, and that although they love and prefer their new bodies, they still have traits of each within them (for a wonderful discussion of this, read some of Kate Bornstein's work).\n\nHope that helped!  A lot of people confuse the term- I'm trying to set them all straight, but it will take a while . . .
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Needed to or wanted to?...big difference....needed to? why back problems?\n\nWanted to?.....his decision..not gay...the word  is transvestite!.....straight men who get turned on by wearing women's clothing...not gay!
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Well, although you're mixing transgenderism with homosexuality, you are essentially correct. \n\nA woman who feels her gender is incorrect may get sexual reassignment surgery to become male. If she finds men attractive beforehand, but doesn't relate to them as a woman, she may be a transgendered gay man.\n\nA man who feels his gender is incorrect may get sexual reassignment surgery to become female. If he finds women attractive beforehand, but doesn't relate to them as a man, he may be a transgendered lesbian.\n\nIt doesn't happen often, but there are transgendered gay people. I've heard of a few trangendered lesbians.\n\nAs to being born gay, current scientific thinking is leaning toward a series of hormonal and genetic changes in the womb which determine sexual orientation. There are studies on birth order, twins, finger length, etc. all of which are determined in utero.
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After reading some of the answers, there needs to be a bit of clarification.  Some men want to be, or inside feel like they were supposed to be, women--these are the transgenders or transsexuals.  They are in the process of transitioning.  In that process, they take hormones and possibly operations to give them feminine features.  Not all transsexuals make the complete change, removing their 'outboard motor' and having an 'inboard motor' installed.  Then too there are homosexuals (and not all transsexuals think of themselves as homosexuals), who not only want the feminine position in their relationships, but add a pair of embellishments that makes the matter a little confusing.  Commonly, the "shemale" is happy to have the female parts and persona while keeping the "outboard motor".  Not all who look like shemales are.
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Well, you could talk about how 99% of the images and communications we receive are male-female oriented.  Pick any major magazine, or watch a few commercials.  So the bias is toward a male-female orientation.\n\nAs a contrast, tape a Logo advertisement, or buy an "Advocate" or "Out" magazine.  Notice the differences in the advertisements.\n\nI have just mentioned the ads, but you could talk about columnists and columns, editorials, cartoons, just about anything.  They all show a non-LGBT bias in 99% of the media communications.\n\nNotice that you are not saying that this ("alternate" sexual orientation) is bad or good, but that the media and communication tends to persuade people toward M-F relations and against LGBT relations.
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Just curious: If I gave you two studies without showing you who did them, would you be able to distinguish the "pseudo-religious studies that don't pass statistical muster" from the ones you claim you'd consider valid?\n\nPersonally, I think there's a lot of political baggage that is clouding the issue for both pro-gay and anti-gay people. The only way to sort through it is to be able to review both sides and take each study on its own merits.\n\nAs a generalization, I know that Dean Hamer and Simon LeVay (?), both probably the most famous homosexuals with research credentials, have both gone on record stating that psychosocial factors are partly involved and that at least half of the condition is not inherited. \n\nAnd they were never able to concretely locate a root biological source, although they found some interesting (but small) anomolies in brain structure that might or might not have bearing on homosexuality.\n\nJust the fact that there's a higher incidence of homosexuality in identical twins -- but only about 50% -- suggests that there are both biological AND environment/social components... which is what I certainly would expect.\n\nI'm not sure why people keep insisting that everything is genetic... and why that should either validate/invalidate the orientation. \n\nPeople seem more interested in justifying their political/religious viewpoint (either direction) rather than actually understanding the cause(s) of homosexuality.
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How does this relate to the LGBT area, as you are talking about male-female sex?   Please post questions in the correct area.\n\nI would imagine some like it, and some don't.
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There is a very fine line between both terms:\n\nBoth, overall, indicate someone who believes they are a different sex than they were born into.\n\nClassically though, transgendered meant someone who feels they're in the wrong body but just acts the opposite sex or desires to be the opposite sex. Transsexual referred to someone who surgically or chemically undergoes changes to be more like the opposite sex.\n\nOr alternatively, someone who feels they fall between sexes but don't feel discretly male or female.\n\nAs simplistic as the above is, the issue is compondounded further because the terms are used interchangably. Some refer to both classes as transgendered, feeling the need to remove the "sex" reference in the name, but there are transgendered people that don't feel they fit the category of transsexual, ie, they do not wish to change sexes.\n\nOn the flipside, some transsexuals reject the transgendered term all-together.\n\nWikipedia has an excellent article when it comes to trying to differentiate between transgendered and transsexualism, but in the end, it means slightly different things to different people.
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They exist but the surgery isn't as easy to do as going the other way and has not been as fully explored.  FTM (Female to male) requires building up something that doesn't exit while MTF (male to female) they get rid of tissue and make an opening.  \n\nThe reproductive part can't really cause reproduction because that's more of a genetic thing.  Mostly, and don't quote me on this, I think its some sort of tube where they put in some type of impotence thingy to make it useful.
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It is a good question but I don't think there are any hard and proved answers.  There is a grid called the "Klein Sexual Orientation Grid"  Alfred Kinsey along with a few others don't think that sexual orientations are eternally fixed.\n\nI am in somewhat a similar situation.  I was mad about girls just girl crazy as a teen etc.  I have also been interested in certain aspects of males too.  My interest is more than it was before in males.  Thinking more about males has not been my choice it just happens. I don't think that sexual orientation is in anyway a choice.  I think it has something to do with perhaps chemical changes in the brain.\n\nGo with the flow and accept yourself for who you are now.  Can you regain your attraction to women if you nurture it? I really really doubt it (it is not a choice). I wonder the same thing for myself too. \n\nIt may have something to do with androgen's or the Hypothalamus in the brain.\n\nI have included a helpful Wikpedia link about Biology and sexual orientation.  Have a look under Studies of brain structure.
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This should help...\n\nQ: Can a transsexual be fully a woman?\nA: Yes, but to a point- hormonally, physically, psychologically, and emotionally (basically all the aspects of being a female that society considers important), but not genetically- a person who got a sex change will still have XY, or male, chromosomes. A test for XX (female) or XY (male) will show that the person is genetically male.\n\nSome people don't believe this, that "you can always tell" a person got a sex change based on the look of their genitals, and this is wrong. Female genitals come in a huge variety of different looks- no female looks exactly any ther female in the genital department. There is a good chance that a gynecologist won't be able to tell, and they specialize in what vaginas look like. For all intents and purposes, internally, you would look like a hysterectomized female- vagina, but no cervix (opening that leads into the womb).\n\nA real transsexual desires to be fully transformed into a woman, and no half steps will be acceptable. They will not be happy AT ALL with having male parts on their crotch- it's embarassing to them and disgusts them that they have male parts attached to them. A transsexual sees a penis as something foreign attached to their body- that it shouldn't be there in the first place. A transsexual also doesn't want to become a woman because of a fetish- there is no erotic component to transformation for them. A transsexual is a woman in a male body, so I refer to them as "she".\n\nNow, a man who has a fetish about being feminized will seek breast implants, may take a few hormones (but nothing like a transsexual, who takes them every day, nonstop), and get some surgeries to make them look more female. I must reinforce the idea here that THEY ARE MEN. They have no desire to have their penis removed, they just have a sexual fetish about being a woman.\n\nSometimes, when a real transsexual is in the middle of their transition and they need money to get more operations, AND they still have male parts, some will swallow their pride and go into the pornogarphy business to make money to finish their transformations. They don't like it, but they will do it to get money to get their sex changes. Some persons that are half woman-half man are really men and just in the business to satisfy another fetish- they are also exhibitionists. \n\nI don't know what the numbers are for the proportion of real transsexuals and shemale exhibitionists, but a transsexual is in it for one thing only- to get money to get a sex change. A fetishist would be in it just to satisfy a fetish. If a person in this situation is constantly talking about getting a sex change, they are more than likely a real transsexual, and as soon as they can afford a sex change, they will be out of the business.
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I've looked really hard for you- but I can't find a thing. \nI found some books that might relate to what you are looking for.\nI can see why you are struggling with this question!\nTo be honest- it's nice to see an intelligent question- rather than those who don't know what sex is!!!\nGood luck with your research. Hope it works out well!