Re: [Gendergap] Cross-dressing and masculinity

2016-05-02 Thread Ryan Kaldari
I added a few sentences on female masculinity to get things started: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masculinity#Masculinity_in_women Feel free to add more! On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Ryan Kaldari wrote: > On the subject of masculinity, the English Wikipedia article on > masculinity mention

Re: [Gendergap] Cross-dressing and masculinity

2016-05-02 Thread Carol Moore dc
The real problem is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_role#Gender_stereotypes Of course "gender" stereotype is just a confusing word for sex stereotype. (After all, would we want to call this the "sex gap" group??) I mean should a person who wants NO stereotype be forced to choose from on

Re: [Gendergap] Cross-dressing and masculinity

2016-05-02 Thread Ryan Kaldari
On the subject of masculinity, the English Wikipedia article on masculinity mentions absolutely nothing about female masculinity. There is no mention of butches, tomboys, drag kings, etc. This seems to be a pretty huge hole in the article and a good example of Wikipedia's systemic bias. There's an

[Gendergap] Cross-dressing and masculinity

2016-05-02 Thread
I do not often listen to BBC Radio 4's Start the Week, but today's edition had a nice exploration of gender in performance art, with Grayson Perry being an inciteful participant. The programme is 43 minutes long and you can download the mp3 and listen offline. The BBC page below includes some of t