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Comment by YeGoblynQueenne

6 years ago

>> Though I do agree that gender norms are largely cultural — but it doesn’t change the fact that a Spanish man sounds “gay” to most Americans.

In that case, talking of a certain vocal style as being masculine or feminine, without a cultural qualifier, is meaningless. You should clarify that "this is how men speak in the US" or some such.

I don't know if I'd take a Netflix documentary as evidence that a stereotype is accurate.

There’s ample SLP research and documentation on all of this and I think you’re battling a straw man.

Edit: also your edit is just plain offensive. You have no idea what you’re talking about.

  • I deleted my edit not because I agree that it is offensive but because it goes into personal detail that I find unnecessary.

    Also, I discern in your comment the start of a certain aggression in such conversations that I find, frankly, disturbing. There is absolutely nothing in my comment that is addressed to you, personally, yet yours is becoming personal. To protect myself from what this can lead to, I will not contribute to this discussion any longer.

    • Okay, so you post a transphobic rant trying to mansplain my trans experiences to me while calling someone “a transgendered”, then delete it, then pretend to take the high road?

      This is a topic you have demonstrated you have no knowledge on, yet chimed in like you did. Sometimes you should shut up and listen for a change.