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The Gender Construct

Hoo Ha or pee pee
Trouser or skirt
Football or Barbie 
What can it hurt

Pink or blue
Stiletto or flat
Pantie or brief
Where are you at?

Sugar and spice
Snips and snails 
Flip it over
Always comes up tails 

Tough Tom
Nelly Nancy 
All made up
But never fancy 

Child of love
Love my child 
Take it as it comes 
Mild or wild

Understanding construct
And legislating depravity 
Don't always side 
With what we can see

Jane maybe John 
And John maybe Jane
But knowing how to love
Is what keeps me sane.

General contractors 
For gender construct
Put up drywall 
Based on duct

But I want my house 
Different from constraint 
One that welcomes all 
Free from social restraint.

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Robert Warlov

Date: 10/21/2024 4:47:00 PM

Equivalence in social-values does not Naturally redound to an equivalence in biological-values. Putting on a dress and make-up does not magically invest one with the biological power to produce offspring. These are different things and their con•fusion will weaken our fundamental understanding of individual sentient autonomy. [ See this excellent anonymous statement on my blog ~ below ] [ http://internestegress.blogspot.com/2021/10/anonymous-excellent-statment-on.html?m=1 ]

Jan Allison

Date: 7/11/2017 5:42:00 PM

There seems to be a lot more tolerance these days... nothing wrong in kids playing with toys for the opposite sex. We have a friend whose son is now living as a female and they are very accepting of it:-) hugs Jan xx