I'm amazed at our societies need to have labels on everything! Why do we need them? I myself am Irish, white, woman, gen-x, femm, lesbian, married to a transgender, animal lover, good cook, hard worker, F4G-Hag, computer geek....etc...etc....
It's even in the GLBT Community, not only is there The G, B, L, & T, but there are "bears" "leather-pride" "twinks" "queens" "Butch" "fems" and "tweeners" etc.
Would the world be easier if we didn't have all these labels?
2006-09-22 07:26:20 · 19 answers · asked by Alexis 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
For Rabbitt:
F4G-Hag - replace the 4 with an A: a girl, usually straight, that loves to hang out with gay boys.
bears: big burly gay men
twinks: basically the opposite of bears - the very effeminate "tinkerbell" gay boys
2006-09-22 07:57:42 · update #1
I'm not asking the purpose of having the "gay/straight" labels....i'm asking what is the need of subdividing so much? And I don't fit any of the Labels - I'm not a Tweener, yet im very Femm on the outside, and very Butch on the inside - should I make yet another label? Can't I just be known as ME!
2006-09-22 08:00:40 · update #2
Labeling has been around since the dawn of time. The biggest is how we label our religion. In the past you have also had class distinctions and such. Today it just helps us define who we are. Give others a chance to know who we are and what we are about. I do think that sometimes it goes too far.
10 years ago the gay sosciety didn't have as many labels as we do today. In fact I have heard two new terms with in the last couple months on here. I do label myself, but I try to keep those to a minimum. Even somedays I get confused with other's labels.
It would be awesome to have one label "humans".
2006-09-22 07:42:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some guy is talking, it has to be a guy because the women folk usually don't talk this way (although I know a few who do), and he gives a wink and a nudge and says, "Ya know what I mean?" Without labels and groups and types and catagories, etc. I would have to look puzzled (and often do anyway) and say, "No, I haven't a clue."
For instance, I've known or figured most of your listed labels, but am clueless on a few: "F4G-Hag", "bears", and "twinks". If I'm not sure with the labels, how lost would I be without them? We need handles on our meaning and labels are our handles.
2006-09-22 07:51:19 · answer #2 · answered by Rabbit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People like to understand the world around them, including people's sexuality. Once we understand something, we make a word for it to sumarize what we've discovered. People have done this with millions of things over thousands of years. It's just human nature to be inquisitive and label stuff. I'll agree that there are a lot of labels out there and sometimes it's just too much. I could name labels for myself for hours it seems. It can get to be a waste of time, but it's just a part of human nature. It can also be helpful though. It's nice to be able to stand up and say proudly that I'm a transsexual! I'm queer! I'm wiccan!
2006-09-22 09:05:11 · answer #3 · answered by carora13 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah that kind of label, here I was thinking you wanted me to come with a warning label.. which others have said to me as well.. caution, may be addictive.. being the most common.. caution, prolonged contact may cause thinking... see those labels I might see as a good thing.. the kind you mention.. well I certainly identify with certain things.. feminist, woman, but try not to be the reactionary fundamentalist that defines the rules to be included into any of these clubs... labels are limiting, and seldom actually fit me anyway.
2006-09-22 07:51:39 · answer #4 · answered by Silvatungfox 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sigh, these questions do run in trends......
No. It would be Far more confusing.
The majority of the "labels" in the LGBT crowd aren't for the "outsiders", they are to enable us to find each other. If you spent a week preparing to go to a "gay" bar and arrived only to find there wasn't one lesbian in the place would you be happy? People in every community enjoy being with like-minded individuals. The "labels" aren't there to lock us into particular catagories, they are there as streetsigns, a roadmap to help you find what you are looking for.
2006-09-22 07:38:22 · answer #5 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My grown kids labeled us when Ron (my partner) and I retired. They presented us with personalized licence plates for our car that read 2 ROQ,
At the time I thought 'Great! My kids thing we rock.'
But my oldest daughter was quick to correct me when she said, "No Dad. It means '2 Retired Old Queens''
We still use the plates 11 years later.
PS That is where I get my computer name ROQ from. So just think of me as a retired old queen - I answer the label with pride/
2006-09-22 07:48:05 · answer #6 · answered by roqofages 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
perhaps prevalent poison labels in simple terms in case somebody gets get admission to to the sprayers parked outdoors or something. The operator ought to understand precisely what's in there in case of a poisoning incident, yet i do no longer assume it needs to circulate on the equipment itself because it may exchange sometimes. i've got self belief in some jurisdictions autos want hazmat labels on while on the line.
2016-10-15 07:30:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never will I succumb to a label. Some people call me stud, others call me aggressive fem. I say I'm versatile :) and I have a lot of gay male friends.
2006-09-22 14:43:09 · answer #8 · answered by Agent Double EL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People feel the need to have a "known." That's what labels are for. But personally, I think they're stupid, unless you're putting them on soup cans.
2006-09-22 08:37:49 · answer #9 · answered by living_in_a_bell_jar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life would certainly be easier but not as fun... plus we need labels to be able to form groups since we're social animals.
2006-09-22 07:59:29 · answer #10 · answered by Kookoo Bananas 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋