Gender Flaws The Next Generation By Kate Bornstein Analysis

“Are you a man or a woman?” My answer to that question would be “I am human.” Apparently, that answer does not answer the question. But to me it does. Why if we are humans, which I assume everyone is, we must be identified into a variety of categories within categories? It is as if the government has us convinced that that labeling the population makes us more identifiable for ourselves. But what exactly are we trying to identify from the outside? Whether someone is a good person? It has become part of human nature to identify people into their “appropriate” communities. With this identity phenomenon comes all the hate and ignorance. It is due to what is best described as “gender perception.” For instance, in the book Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation by Kate Bornstein, there is word about how transwomen are not considered “real” women. So what defines a real woman? Would they like to see the parts? My biggest question throughout the book is what each writer means by the word “queer.” Queer is defined as strange or odd. So, the National Queer Arts Festival, is …show more content…
It is so much more than a decision; it would have accumulated for a long time, which makes sense to me. The comic strip “Transcension” accurately depicts the hardships transgenders face is common public environments. And, it makes me upset to read this comic because I know that people get stereotyped every single day. I did like how the character in the comic said that trans means beyond. To me, transgenders are not “crossing” the “invisible line of gender”, but are going beyond what society has tried to make a clear-cut division of gender and are redefining it. I actually applaud them because in this society a lot of the social norms are to fit