Shud sexual orientation be our basic social identity or should it be Gender orientation? which is more imp?

Question

The west doesn't recognise gender as natural. It considers it just a matter of playing arbitrarily defined sex roles.

But other societies have since ancient times recognised gender as not only a valid but the most basic human identity, without which a person's sex identity is not complete.

Gender is the inner sense of being a male or female irrespective of one's 'outer-sex'. Natural gender doesn't depend on conforming or non-conforming to socially defined sex roles.

The west says that sexual orientation is the most basic identity of humans, especially of males. It divides males on the basis of whether they prefer men or women.

But in reality it plays with the gender factor behind the scenes. Straight actually means mainsream, masculine guy, & 'gay' is projected as a totally different 'gender' than men (3rd/ queer/ fem gender), even when it is defined only in terms of sexuality.

The term sexual orienation doesn't formally acknowledge or consider one's gender in its classification.

GENDER IS NOT EQUAL TO SEX.

West often confuses Sex and Gender as the same.

Actually while 'Sex' refers to whether we have a penis or vagina, 'Gender' refers to whether we feel we are a male or a female.

Answer 1

1. humanity
2. gender
3. sexual orientation

in that order.
gender is more important than orientation

Answer 2

Gender is a grammatical term. People do not have gender, languages have gender. The proper word is sex.

The use of the word gender to describe a person's sex is a comparatively recent phenomena. It is apparently linked to political correctness. Like most politically correct terms, it is factually incorrect.

Just as the term "Native American" does not specifically refer to American Indians. A Native American is anyone born in the US. An American Indian is technically an Aboriginal American.

Blacks are not African Americans unless they immigrated here from Africa.

Look at how the word "gay" is used today. Gay actually means happy. Using it to describe homosexuals contributes to the breakdown of the English Language.

If we fail to use the correct word, we are really jeopardizing our communication. Unfortunately, considering the education that the public schools provide, recent graduates have developed smaller and smaller vocabularies. This, with the political correctness spewing from mainstream media has set the stage for disaster.

We are becoming a nation of people who can't, or don't want to read, have trouble speaking correctly, and actually know very little. Is it any wonder why we are loosing our freedoms?

Answer 3

I say gender.
some people are disinterested in sex but still identify with the other gender.
there are straight women who look like dykes.
i think that sex should be taken out of the definition because it's a personal matter and not open for public discussion.
for example, the government or society wouldn't go around labeling people by the sexual Position they prefer. ie, that woman is "anal" or that woman is "oral".
just allowing the government or society to label you by sexual orientation seems like a violation of privacy.

Answer 4

Social identity is more complex than gender or sexual orientation. Those are only part of one's identity - whether you mean one's external or internal self.

Answer 5

Your question is idealogical only. Ones identity should be defined by their actions, re-actions, and lack of. If you want a better answer, you need to think about whole picture and what is implied by such questions. If you want to talk about it just e-mail me. [e-mail]

Answer 6

we exist today because of millions of years of heterosexual behavior..... just because the genetic code gets scrambled is some individuals we should not change what we are......

gender rolls are deminishing because we no longer need a strong male to protect the species........

our technology is making us weak and pathetic.........


/rant