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capriwim
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 Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:49 pm Post subject: Do you have a sense of gender identity? |
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| I don't have a sense of gender identity. I know I'm female because of my body, but I don't have any intrinsic sense of femaleness, and if I were to switch to a male body, I don't think it would make any difference to how I see myself. I find people find this quite hard to believe, so I was wondering whether maybe it's something that is more common in Aspies. Does anyone here relate to this sense of no gender identity? |
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Barbarossa
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Age: 21
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Location: England
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| Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Between male and female, I'm a guy, but I'm not very masculine. I feel pretty androgynous I guess. |
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mechanicalgirl39
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I identify as female, though not entirely comfortable with it.
Myself and my femaleness have a love/hate relationship.
I don't like that idea of being a baby machine...
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subliculous
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| Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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| i'm technically female, but have always instinctively felt genderless, also due to having always been ostracised by both sexes. |
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sinsboldly
Free Range Aspie
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Age: 59
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Location: Oregon, USA
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| Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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I don't feel very connected with my body, anyway. Gender was what other people saw me as, mostly. Now that I am past being a 'baby making machine'(  mechanicalgirl39) it doesn't matter to anyone other than me, anyway. When you get to a certain age, you become invisible, you know.
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Barbarossa
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| Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm a sex machine |
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ryan93
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Age: 16
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| Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know how to act "male", but at the same time I'm not effeminate or anything, just normalish, unless I'm playing sport. Then I become a (probably <100 pound) colossus of anger and slide-tackling  My endurance for pain and odd physical fitness for a guy who doesn't actually play sport (thank you, fast metabolism *hugs thyroid*) makes me look a little manly, it's fun  |
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BadPuddle
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Age: 38
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Location: North West England
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| Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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I'm female and quite happy with that identity, but my idea of 'female' doesn't seem to fit in with the usual. If I were to transform into a bloke overnight, it would be a curious experiment, and probably wouldn't bother me at all.
Traditional gender identity and roles mean nothing to me, so I construct my own identity maybe?
For instance, with my appearance, I have very long hair and don't mind a bit of make-up, but wouldn't ever wear a skirt. |
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Postperson
The Daughter of Indifference
Joined: Jul 10, 2004
Age: 52
Posts: 4314
Location: Uz
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| Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't have much of a sense of gender identity either. But I learnt to play along and 'act' female because it staves off a lot of criticism and ridicule. |
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DonkeyBuster
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Joined: May 12, 2009
Age: 51
Posts: 866
Location: New Mexico, USA
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I'm a female and I guess I would agree that I have no strong gender identity. I don't mind being female; being male would probably be OK too. My gender has always seemed way more important to others than to me.
Being a lesbian has really given me a lot of freedom from gender roles and I express who I am rather than what society expects women to be. So I do everything from construction to handsewing... I do what I like.  |
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Fudo
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Location: UK, south east.
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clumsy Fudo, i misspelled testosterone** 
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Rainbow-Squirrel
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Location: Siena, Italy
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| Still trying to understand, I had a girlfriend, I like girls but rarely feel physically attracted, probably just asexual. |
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Fudo
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| Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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i definitely (in my opinion, as a man, with no first hand experience) wouldn't mind being female & i think i have many "feminine" characteristics, but i'm oozing with testosterone, so to speak.. i mean that i seem to be quite "masculine" too, not really in appearance, other than being hirsute.
i think i'm fairly aggressive naturally, and.. well i find women so damn attractive.
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millie
bits, pieces, brass, animals
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| Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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Only in so far as I have a sense of being half male and half female, with the two basically canceling each other out so i am darn right in the middle.
the other reading is that on occasions I feel distinctly female and on other occasions distinctly male, which could also mean i have insight into both sexes.
of course, strictly speaking, gender refers to masculine/feminine as opposed to male/female.
I would say i experience both the former.
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ebec11
Missing In Action: Innocence
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Location: Somewhere in Canada
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| Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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I'm really feminine, I know I'm a girl and I just can't see myself ever being male.
I wonder how it feels to not be sure, it seems so foreign to me.
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