I’ve wrestled with the expectations of this assignment. I wrestled with whether or not I would take, in my opinion, the easy way out by discussing culture and nationality, culture and language or culture and ethnicity. I have much to say about all, but it would admittedly be a regurgitation of original ideas, with some personal flare, which brings nothing to the psychological table, not if it’s to mean something, not if it’s to count. With that said, my three cultural groups are as follows: Culture and Gender, Culture and Sexual Orientation, and Culture and Disability.
I am an FtM (Female to Male) transsexual, who is pansexual in sexual orientation, and socialist in politics. My life, in spite of my own efforts, has defined my psychological …show more content…
I do believe women should be paid equally for equal work. I do believe that women have every right to dress, act, consider, be independent or dependent, develop, and choose and have preference over their own lives, the size of their families, or no family interest whatsoever. I believe men have every right to show emotion, be effeminate, not always take charge, and be able to walk in that life without being emasculated, no questions asked. It is not my right, nor responsibility to tell anyone else how to live. This should be a basic human right. However, I also recognize that my choice in lovers in a romantic relationship are starkly different. I do expect a woman, biological or not, to be a high feminine, courteous, polite, well styled and put together. I would not prefer her in the kitchen, I love to cook, I hope she does too, besides there is something very sexy about a woman who directs her life both professionally and personally, it’s a mix for me. I expect the men I date, biological or not, to be highly masculine, but not so “masculine” that they can’t even access their own cores. I expect them to make clear decisions and take charge of situations when the time may call for it when I cannot, due to various circumstances, and I do expect them to cook and clean, as I do. I expect them to “dress and act like men”, based on our societal norms, again it is a mix for me. It’s ridiculous, hypocritical even, but none the less it’s who I am, what attracts me and I have to recognize and own my own cultural
I am an FtM (Female to Male) transsexual, who is pansexual in sexual orientation, and socialist in politics. My life, in spite of my own efforts, has defined my psychological …show more content…
I do believe women should be paid equally for equal work. I do believe that women have every right to dress, act, consider, be independent or dependent, develop, and choose and have preference over their own lives, the size of their families, or no family interest whatsoever. I believe men have every right to show emotion, be effeminate, not always take charge, and be able to walk in that life without being emasculated, no questions asked. It is not my right, nor responsibility to tell anyone else how to live. This should be a basic human right. However, I also recognize that my choice in lovers in a romantic relationship are starkly different. I do expect a woman, biological or not, to be a high feminine, courteous, polite, well styled and put together. I would not prefer her in the kitchen, I love to cook, I hope she does too, besides there is something very sexy about a woman who directs her life both professionally and personally, it’s a mix for me. I expect the men I date, biological or not, to be highly masculine, but not so “masculine” that they can’t even access their own cores. I expect them to make clear decisions and take charge of situations when the time may call for it when I cannot, due to various circumstances, and I do expect them to cook and clean, as I do. I expect them to “dress and act like men”, based on our societal norms, again it is a mix for me. It’s ridiculous, hypocritical even, but none the less it’s who I am, what attracts me and I have to recognize and own my own cultural