Re: [Air-l] Making gender complicated on Friendster
I have a Facebook account. Users are able to create profiles that share personal interests with others. One of these interests has to do with dating. I've run across a few profiles where men and women are indicating choices as being both male and female, which could be construed to say the person is bisexual. I personally wouldn't feel comfortable in making this assessment without having access to more information. I'm going to digress a minute and call attention to the manner in which this also plays out in research circles. I recently submitted a paper for a conference. The form was designed so that a person had to choose between qualitative, quantitative, evaluation, or research in progress. I submitting a proposal for a paper that explored an emerging trend across 200 organizations using a mixed-method approach to gathering and analyzing data. I contacted the conference organizers and challenged their designations. As a mixed method researcher, I can identify with feelings of confusion others feels about sexualilty when being placed in a position where established social norms are defining actions. :-) -- Gail Gail Taylor, M.Ed. Human Resource Education Ph.D. Student Educational Psychology Teaching Assistant University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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