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Poll: Your sex or gender?

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:52 pm
by Jhana4
Someone made this suggestion in another thread. At the least it seems like it will be an original for this board. What is your sex and or gender. Straight white man of European descent here :)

Re: Poll: Your sex or gender?

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:58 pm
by Ben
If you don't know my gender by now, then....

male

Re: Poll: Your sex or gender?

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:03 pm
by Sanghamitta
well thats my vote cast.....Fede ? Cooran ? Aloka ? Come on gals.

Re: Poll: Your sex or gender?

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:10 pm
by Jhana4
Ben wrote:If you don't know my gender by now, then....

male
Not too many North American women running around calling themselves "Ben".

Re: Poll: Your sex or gender?

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:11 pm
by Jhana4
Sanghamitta wrote:well thats my vote cast.....Fede ? Cooran ? Aloka ? Come on gals.
Token :)

Re: Poll: Your sex or gender?

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:14 pm
by Sanghamitta
Jhana4 wrote:
Sanghamitta wrote:well thats my vote cast.....Fede ? Cooran ? Aloka ? Come on gals.
Token :)
well you may well jest ...Jnana4..... :smile:

Re: Poll: Your sex or gender?

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:56 pm
by Ben
Jhana4 wrote:
Ben wrote:If you don't know my gender by now, then....

male
Not too many North American women running around calling themselves "Ben".
That's a real shame!

Re: Poll: Your sex or gender?

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:16 pm
by tiltbillings
female.

Re: Poll: Your sex or gender?

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:20 pm
by bodom
"I will teach you a Dhamma discourse on bondage & lack of bondage. Listen & pay close attention. I will speak."

"Yes, lord," the monks responded.

The Blessed One said: "A woman attends inwardly to her feminine faculties, her feminine gestures, her feminine manners, feminine poise, feminine desires, feminine voice, feminine charms. She is excited by that, delighted by that. Being excited & delighted by that, she attends outwardly to masculine faculties, masculine gestures, masculine manners, masculine poise, masculine desires, masculine voices, masculine charms. She is excited by that, delighted by that. Being excited & delighted by that, she wants to be bonded to what is outside her, wants whatever pleasure & happiness that arise based on that bond. Delighting, caught up in her femininity, a woman goes into bondage with reference to men. This is how a woman does not transcend her femininity.

"A man attends inwardly to his masculine faculties, masculine gestures, masculine manners, masculine poise, masculine desires, masculine voice, masculine charms. He is excited by that, delighted by that. Being excited & delighted by that, he attends outwardly to feminine faculties, feminine gestures, feminine manners, feminine poise, feminine desires, feminine voices, feminine charms. He is excited by that, delighted by that. Being excited & delighted by that, he wants to be bonded to what is outside him, wants whatever pleasure & happiness that arise based on that bond. Delighting, caught up in his masculinity, a man goes into bondage with reference to women. This is how a man does not transcend his masculinity.

"And how is there lack of bondage? A woman does not attend inwardly to her feminine faculties... feminine charms. She is not excited by that, not delighted by that... does not attend outwardly to masculine faculties... masculine charms. She is not excited by that, not delighted by that... does not want to be bonded to what is outside her, does not want whatever pleasure & happiness that arise based on that bond. Not delighting, not caught up in her femininity, a woman does not go into bondage with reference to men. This is how a woman transcends her femininity.

"A man does not attend inwardly to his masculine faculties... masculine charms. He is not excited by that, not delighted by that... does not attend outwardly to feminine faculties... feminine charms. He is not excited by that, not delighted by that... does not want to be bonded to what is outside him, does not want whatever pleasure & happiness that arise based on that bond. Not delighting, not caught up in his masculinity, a man does not go into bondage with reference to women. This is how a man transcends his masculinity.

"This is how there is lack of bondage. And this is the Dhamma discourse on bondage & lack of bondage."
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:namaste:

Re: Poll: Your sex or gender?

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:21 pm
by Ben
tiltbillings wrote:female.
I bet your real name is Britney.

you're so HOT!!

Re: Poll: Your sex or gender?

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:23 pm
by tiltbillings
Ben wrote:
tiltbillings wrote:female.
I bet your real name is Britney.

you're so HOT!!
Well, ya-ah.

Re: Poll: Your sex or gender?

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:28 pm
by mlswe
i was hoping the poll was between sex and gender

EDIT* i will let this stand, but it doesn´t clearly express what my hope is. Those thoughts might not be appropriate to expand on in this thread.

wishing you all well

Re: Poll: Your sex or gender?

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:37 pm
by tiltbillings
mlswe wrote:i was hoping the poll was between sex and gender
There is always hope.

Re: Poll: Your sex or gender?

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:41 pm
by Sanghamitta
tiltbillings wrote:
Ben wrote:
tiltbillings wrote:female.
I bet your real name is Britney.

you're so HOT!!
Well, ya-ah.
Well I have seen a photo of you with a shaved head...

Re: Poll: Your sex or gender?

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:46 pm
by tiltbillings
Sanghamitta wrote:Well I have seen a photo of you with a shaved head...
So have I, but mostly I find this question of gender, or is it sex, a bit beside the point, though not totally unimportant.