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<blockquote data-quote="Bic" data-source="post: 2089817" data-attributes="member: 215944"><p>Dear Dark Horse,</p><p></p><p>Your 'soup' example is very nice and lively. Only, soups are a matter of taste. And medical conditions are a matter of health, well-being, and, sometimes, a matter of life and death. </p><p></p><p>Let's think being called (and thought of) as a man when you're actually a woman, or the other way round. In most cases hat should not be a problem, right? Men and women are both 'human beings' after all. Equal rights and so on. So, fine, let's drop the distinction and call ourselves just human beings. Nothing sounds better to me… But what happens when you have to fight on a ring or to compete in some sport, or when you need medical care for a prostate cancer or some other sex-related matter? Then, a clear distinction is certainly needed, and it does make sense.</p><p></p><p>Plus, there's the need for recognition. It stings, when someone mistakes you for someone of another gender. Even if their mistake does not imply judgement, danger or a different legal status, I guess we all would rather be identified with the gender we (chose to) belong to.</p><p></p><p>My suggestion came, as I explained, from a habit I developed because I live in Italy. Our language does not put adjectives first, but nouns first: we say 'diabete di tipo 1' (see how long it is? see how 'diabetes' comes first and the number only in the end?). So, were I to say something like that, the only thing a person would register would be 'diabetes'. The 'type 1' part is perceived as some unnecessary frill which means absolutely nothing – and I mean <em>nothing</em> with all my might – to whoever I meet. AND I ended up in a coma (hypo) more than once, because some idiot took the wrong measures or did not know what to do when I needed help. So, yes, I suppose I developed some knife-in-teeth attitude about this thing, but to this day it has proved useful to keep me safe and sound., and I'm partial to it. But I don't want to sound over-aggressive or unreasonable to fellow forum users… I am a pleasant and peace-loving elderly lady, under many other respects, I didn't mean to sound lofty or overcomplicated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bic, post: 2089817, member: 215944"] Dear Dark Horse, Your 'soup' example is very nice and lively. Only, soups are a matter of taste. And medical conditions are a matter of health, well-being, and, sometimes, a matter of life and death. Let's think being called (and thought of) as a man when you're actually a woman, or the other way round. In most cases hat should not be a problem, right? Men and women are both 'human beings' after all. Equal rights and so on. So, fine, let's drop the distinction and call ourselves just human beings. Nothing sounds better to me… But what happens when you have to fight on a ring or to compete in some sport, or when you need medical care for a prostate cancer or some other sex-related matter? Then, a clear distinction is certainly needed, and it does make sense. Plus, there's the need for recognition. It stings, when someone mistakes you for someone of another gender. Even if their mistake does not imply judgement, danger or a different legal status, I guess we all would rather be identified with the gender we (chose to) belong to. My suggestion came, as I explained, from a habit I developed because I live in Italy. Our language does not put adjectives first, but nouns first: we say 'diabete di tipo 1' (see how long it is? see how 'diabetes' comes first and the number only in the end?). So, were I to say something like that, the only thing a person would register would be 'diabetes'. The 'type 1' part is perceived as some unnecessary frill which means absolutely nothing – and I mean [I]nothing[/I] with all my might – to whoever I meet. AND I ended up in a coma (hypo) more than once, because some idiot took the wrong measures or did not know what to do when I needed help. So, yes, I suppose I developed some knife-in-teeth attitude about this thing, but to this day it has proved useful to keep me safe and sound., and I'm partial to it. But I don't want to sound over-aggressive or unreasonable to fellow forum users… I am a pleasant and peace-loving elderly lady, under many other respects, I didn't mean to sound lofty or overcomplicated. [/QUOTE]
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