Maybe this poll didn't apply to me, but I answered, anyway. :) I just wanted to say that I think those ideas would be great for those whom want to change their sexual identity. Me, I'd like to be a guy for one day just to know what it feels like to have a penis, but only for that reason. LOL.
I already feel as though I don't belong to any particular gender category. It's other people who assign gender to me. I have had people decide I am ultra feminine and I have had people decide I am very butch. I don't really think of myself in those terms most of the time.
It's funny you ask this now... just a couple of days ago, I posted about wanting to be a woman. The main gig was that, apart from all the societial problems, there's the simple physical facts of life. But, if I could reprogram my flesh... oooh. I'd sex myself just like Betty.
Oh, believe me, I'd be ecstatic to be able to change into a man for a few days. And this wish comes up EVERY FRIGGING MONTH, and it will continue to do so for DECADES to come. *primal scream* *rips hair out*
Interesting poll, and interesting results! I wish there had been a "*probably* remain identified..." option on the last one, though -- I mean, this is stuff I haven't tried, how the heck do I know what I'd want after I'd tried it?!?
Suppose nanotech or genetic engineering makes it possible to painlessly and flawlessly change your gender at will. What would you do?
I'd flit back and forth at will, dividing my time evenly.
I don't know if it would be exactly evenly, but I doubt I would settle for one or the other.
Now suppose that the same technology makes it possible to define new sexual morphologies.
I like that this is multiple options...
That sounds intriguing... I would definitely experiment with new kinds of sexual form and sensation! I would like to define a unique gender that only I possess, but which is compatible with others. I would be interested in new sexual morphologies that would accomodate more than one other partner. I might possess more than one sex organ at a time.
You would...
Probably define myself as belonging to a new gender altogether.
I'm not very surprised about the results of the last question--our birth gender identity is pounded into us almost every day. We have to separate ourselves to go to the bathroom, the high-school football team versus the volleyball team, seemingly gender-specific toys for babies, etc.
If such a technology were to exist, however, I would think after a few generations had passed, perhaps gender identification would disappear. Of course, one could make the same argument about race because we already have the opportunity to mate with whomever we choose and have had that choice for a while now, yet people still by and large choose to pair up with others from their own race.
I saw the movie, Exchange, the other day that centered around a technology where you could swap bodies with someone over vast distances, regardless of gender or race, and experience life in someone else's body. Interesting little piece of work--another interesting question to ponder is that, if such a technology were to come about, would you swap bodies with your sex partner to experience sex from their perspective? Would you consider this monogamy, and if you were an opposite sex married couple using this technology, how would the Christian right choose to justify their inevitable opposition to such a thing?
I don't think I'd experiment, except maybe to have a penis for a day, but I'd definitely be seducing people who *had* tinkered with their bodies in interesting ways.
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Of course, if this existed, it would be tens of thousands of dollars and insurance wouldn't cover it :/
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Thanks for good mind candy for the morning : )
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Suppose nanotech or genetic engineering makes it possible to painlessly and flawlessly change your gender at will. What would you do?
I'd flit back and forth at will, dividing my time evenly.
I don't know if it would be exactly evenly, but I doubt I would settle for one or the other.
Now suppose that the same technology makes it possible to define new sexual morphologies.
I like that this is multiple options...
That sounds intriguing...
I would definitely experiment with new kinds of sexual form and sensation!
I would like to define a unique gender that only I possess, but which is compatible with others.
I would be interested in new sexual morphologies that would accomodate more than one other partner.
I might possess more than one sex organ at a time.
You would...
Probably define myself as belonging to a new gender altogether.
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If I have time after classes I would like to share my answers on my own LJ.
take care!
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If such a technology were to exist, however, I would think after a few generations had passed, perhaps gender identification would disappear. Of course, one could make the same argument about race because we already have the opportunity to mate with whomever we choose and have had that choice for a while now, yet people still by and large choose to pair up with others from their own race.
I saw the movie, Exchange, the other day that centered around a technology where you could swap bodies with someone over vast distances, regardless of gender or race, and experience life in someone else's body. Interesting little piece of work--another interesting question to ponder is that, if such a technology were to come about, would you swap bodies with your sex partner to experience sex from their perspective? Would you consider this monogamy, and if you were an opposite sex married couple using this technology, how would the Christian right choose to justify their inevitable opposition to such a thing?
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