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

Who you are is what is important. No wonder people are so confused. We decided to name everything and then tear it apart. I know exactly what you are saying. I studied it and school and I think it's been over-studied forever.

Answer 2

An excellent, & well thought out question. Gender, as a noun or pronoun is masculine, feminine & neuter. Sex refers to the reproductive functions. I would definitely say that gender is more important. I so very much agree with your "It considers it just a matter of playing arbitrarily defined sex roles." There's nothing arbitrary about it, contrary to what many people say about it being a matter of "choice." (& I won't name names.) What we "feel" is what we are. & your last sentence was perhaps the best of all. It's this convoluted concept of sexual orientation--not acknowleding gender--that creates so much hate.