MeerderWörter’s Comments (group member since Jan 08, 2016)

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Some women warriors here:
https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com...

Keith wrote: "Keith wrote: "Best example I know is Lisbeth Salander from the Millennium series. However, it has to be the Swedish version with Noomi Rapace taking the lead role."

As a side note, the actor Micha..."

On a second side note, he played Paul Schäfer in Colonia Dignidad alongside Emma. It's sad to hear he passed away.
Oh, Lena is definitely a strong woman:)

I found an article/video here:
http://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-i...

Remember, if you're intersex, there are always people out there who are like you and you can connect with them.

Courtney wrote: "I'm pretty new in the world of feminism. To be honest, I grew up with a very warped view of what feminism really was. It was only recently that I stumbled across a true definition and realized that..."

And you can let feminism bloom in yourself, eveyone can, if we acknowledge the potential it has.

And last, but not least: Welcome in the family!

YES, Indigo come back!

I am 20 Georgios, and yes, you can be at university with 17.

Georgios wrote: "Laure wrote: "By the way, what about coming back to the original topic: how to react with sexist jokes? "

Meerderwörter actually replied to that.

MeerderWörter wrote: "I can't explain every time ..."

Okay, so you say I should always give them a twenty-minute lesson? I can't do that all the time.

Let's break this down a little:

If you watch it, they mention the child having 70% male chromosomes (at least that's what I heard). That's called mosaicism, and I actually read a fiction book recently with a character who also has mosaicism.

One really sees here how complicated all of that is when there is so much secrecy around it.

Turner syndrome and mixed genital dysgenesis, I didn't even know the two could go together. Now that I know that, I feel stupid to not have thought about it earlier. Well, there's always something new to learn.

I love how he says its a perfect child:)

Ouch, the gender marker story, that hurts.

And Georgiann rules it. Nice, lady:)

I like that, although one could argue that the general public does not know what Turner syndrome and mixed genital dysgenesis mean.

I've found the whole episode, I watch that now:=)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_qUI...

(I couldn't find that whole episode on the drphil website)

I just hope they don't go too much into doctor's talk, that'll confuse everyone....

I have "blue eye disorder" as well.

Like, when it comes to words we really, really need to be careful. And then we have to be especially careful when it comes to the word "disorder". It might be a good word to describe something else, but with intersex issues that is just so condescending.

Wow, so many new authors to discover. Thanks a lot for the list, I'll sure check some of the books out!

I don't know who came up with that really! Like, DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT! After ten bloody years!

Yeah, and people with green eyes have a disorder too. I understand. No, for real!

What are my tricks to overcome sexist jokes? If I come across them (happens more often than you'd think) I just let it wear off. I can't explain every time why something hurts me, that would take ages to explain to everyone.

You did? Wow, that's some internalized cissexism that needs to be adressed then!

(As I said, I thought it's a heterosexual thing to do, but then I really tackled my cissexism and am now somewhat free of it)

Laure wrote: "(Georgios: I think we all could follow Lilliana's points and discuss. Although giving pieces of advice for clearer writing is appreciated, no need for such a lengthy course on argumentation, that s..."

I know Laure, but wasn't the point of Kinsey, or isn't it a general point that is being made by the encounters? I'm totally on your side, I know who I am attracted to and to whom I am not. Well, I guess it must have been a heterosexual person who came up with the encounter idea. (And I don't have anything against heterosexual people, but it just seems a thing to do for a heterosexual person)

Georgios wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "Georgios, it is perfectly valid to begin with the conclusion. Sometimes it's easier to follow the argument then."

Nope. Nope. And nope. Meerworder you are not being logic her..."

I actually learned that in university, so I have to tell you it is correct. She might have worded it differently, but that does not mean that she can't start with the conclusion at the beginning.

^^This:)

Georgios wrote: "Lilliana wrote: "This question I have been pondering for quite some while now has got me thinking very hard over the topic.

I think that yes being Bisexual does come from Feminism, because I beli..."

Georgios, it is perfectly valid to begin with the conclusion. Sometimes it's easier to follow the argument then.

Robert, what you say really reminds of just how much heteronormativity there is in the Western societies. Like, there are so many queer animals and yet for nearly centuries it was believed they were all heterosexual. Quite a surprise, isn't it?

Here's another article that helps to understand intersex people a lot better I think:

https://interactadvocates.org/i-disco...