Using Gender to Get Into Our Bodies
November 30, 2005 – 9:59 am
I think I’ve had this whole transsexual thing ass backwards.
Then: I used medical strategies to manipulate my body to get into my masculinity.
Now: I used my masculinity, and the medical strategies associated with achieving the kind of masculinity I want, to get into my body.
The former creates the drama of the no-penised man. The latter offers compassion and an ever-increasing push to breathe in the present moment.
Subtle, yes. But reversing the focus creates healthier bodies, I think, which, in turn, creates healthier genders. So maybe a new purpose for gender is to help us become more present to our own bodies.
How do other people use their genders to get into their bodies?
3 Responses to “Using Gender to Get Into Our Bodies”
Have I told you lately that I love you and I love your way with words and expressing ideas? You so rock.
By Denise on Dec 2, 2005
*slaps forehead*
Of course.
Brilliant. Thankyou for sparking more thinking.
By Miss Y on Dec 3, 2005
Denise,
Hmmm, no you haven’t. And I think you should.
And Ms. Y,
Welcome and Thanks!
By jay sennett on Dec 5, 2005