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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Robert Elkin
<rictusaporia@...> wrote:
>
> Ah, "masculinity," just like "femininity" is always
a social
construct anyway. Mostly arbitrary stuff.
I take it you're being ironic. A person's sex is the most
important differentiating characteristic. The biological
world is sexed, very strongly so. Perhaps you're thinking of
"roles", in the modern and even postmodern sense? If so,
playacting has no limitations, of course, or at least a much
wider latitude. If you start from what historically is only a
few miliseconds ago, you're unlikely to arrive at anything
substantial. Think of the history of humans... we're been
around for a long time.
But it looks like we're veering away from literary
portrayals, which are our thing.
Best,
mrt
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