On occasion I've tended to think about sexual identity in terms of an n-space defined by at least eleven axes: genetic, anatomical, gender importance (androgyny through to gendered state), gender identity (man through to woman), orientational preference (gay, bi, straight), orientational exclusivity (importance of partner's gender), bonding preference (monogamy through to polygamy), general relational preference (power balance in relationships), sexual relational preference (power balance in sexual expression), presentation (butch through to femme - used here with any gender identity), and performance (social construction of femininity through social construction of masculinity). Note that I see all of these as continua, not discrete states.
And implicit in all of these is the potential for either being close to or distant from the social expectation of what you "should" be based on external perceptions of who you are.
I think this is how my brain handles concepts of intersectionality, with analytical geometry.
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Date: 2009-07-05 09:14 am (UTC)And implicit in all of these is the potential for either being close to or distant from the social expectation of what you "should" be based on external perceptions of who you are.
I think this is how my brain handles concepts of intersectionality, with analytical geometry.