Gosh, Steff being a guy in drag didn't even occur to me! I thought she had some sort of background much like... Yanma? The guy who changes into a girl when hot water is splashed on him. Heh... I'm amused that I go for the esoteric explanation and ignore the more obvious 'transvestite' one.
I am definitely NOT going to laugh at that, or at any other far-fetched theory. In fact, I am going to reserve my laughter for now. I am halfway expecting that Steph is NOT a transvestite but that we are supposed to think it the case, and even feel all superior and smug about it and about Mackenzie's ignorance. When the truth is revealed it might not be the truth we all think. I do not know and I am keeping an open mind.
Re: Ranma's problemswater_to_airAugust 14 2007, 18:26:09 UTC
So when she was in hot water...he would have to take a cold shower???? Hmmm....interesting take on days at the beach...probably wouldn't be a toe you would stick in the water to see if it was too cold.
Transvestite or transgendered? They are different things, you know. The whole "my teachers get flustered and aren't sure what to address me, but thank you for being so accepting" made me think transgendered, but the whole "I have sex with my penis and enjoy it!" made me think more transvestite. So I guess we'll see.
well for that matter transgendered isn't the same as transexual. transgendered just means having a nonstandard gender identity where transexual would mean that she identifies as female and wants to live as one physically. so enjoying sex with 'her' penis doesn't rule out transgendered just transexual
somebody put somewhere that they think steff's gender is "steff" which I think is probably about right.
Hmm, I guess it depends on where you're from, then. I've always heard that transgendered is trans-gendered, and just choosing to identify with a nonstandard gender is genderqueer. Transsexual, as far as I've heard it, is post-operative. But I'm not saying you're wrong. Just that the transgendered people in my life are uncomfortable having penises and being sexual with their penises (and are transwomen, obviously).
And cute, Steff being Steff. I like that better than trans-whatever.
A little clarification... I'm not sure if this is what the poster was getting at, but those people you're describing as transgendered are transgendered... as well as transsexual. Transgendered is an umbrella term for anybody whose gender identity is other than what you'd expect from their genetic sex. Somebody who is a transsexual is transgendered, but the reverse is not always true.
The term "transsexual" applies to a transsexual pre-op or post-op, but some don't use it either because it causes confusion (from the assumption that it means post-op) or because it's a bit of a loaded term... but surgery doesn't make somebody a transsexual.
... this is why I never label myself anything if I can help it. Everyone has so many personal interpretations for labels that you can't really ever say anything and have people understand you. I'm including myself in that, don't worry.
Heh... I'm amused that I go for the esoteric explanation and ignore the more obvious 'transvestite' one.
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I said stop laughing.
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In fact, I am going to reserve my laughter for now. I am halfway expecting that Steph is NOT a transvestite but that we are supposed to think it the case, and even feel all superior and smug about it and about Mackenzie's ignorance. When the truth is revealed it might not be the truth we all think. I do not know and I am keeping an open mind.
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Also, thankyou for correcting me. Aside from one comic I'd never heard of Ranma and when I wrote it down I was pretty sure I was spelling it wrong.
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somebody put somewhere that they think steff's gender is "steff" which I think is probably about right.
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And cute, Steff being Steff. I like that better than trans-whatever.
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The term "transsexual" applies to a transsexual pre-op or post-op, but some don't use it either because it causes confusion (from the assumption that it means post-op) or because it's a bit of a loaded term... but surgery doesn't make somebody a transsexual.
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... this is why I never label myself anything if I can help it. Everyone has so many personal interpretations for labels that you can't really ever say anything and have people understand you. I'm including myself in that, don't worry.
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I'd wondered who that bear was!
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