L'aura del Campo

Fluidity: the fickleness of weather, the embrace of gender.

An entry "Oklahoma Weather and Gender-Fluid"  by Prosperous Snow celebrating inspired this edited response:

I have an opinion!

1. Gender has always been fluid or rigid depending on culture. The basic biology of secondary sexual characteristics and sexuality (orientation, function) is well-known. Any 13 year old can learn this — and every 13 year old should.

But... the puritanical Americans, Victorian English and rigid rule governed Germans define things in unnatural ways. It is unnatural for a friend of mine who was born XXY to have to adhere to strict male norms. He had no facial hair and the equivalence of menstrual periods!

And yet, he's 100% human. And 100% "loved by God" to put it in religious terms. My friend who's transsexual had to carry her letter from the Universal House of Justice to get local Baha'is to accept her AS IS. It took time for some to adjust. Others — no problem.

Even when some issues are 'clear' the question remains... clear to whom? Every person has the right to their own body. And that includes their sexuality. It would be simpler if people just accepted each other but that's not allowed in some cultures.

The future? Hard to say. Tradition-bound black/white anti-science people seeking a dogmatic dichotomous good/evil judgment will spurn any attempt to include people they don't approve of. IMHO, the Baha'i Faith is inclusive enough to embrace everyone.

But the reality remains. Some cultures have never had a problem with gender fluidity. Native American cultures and Asian cultures have been more accepting (in general, there are always exceptions). The globalization process will lead to a questioning of all insular attitudes, followed by a crushing backlash1.

Anyhoo... I just wrote my blog entry for the day... thanks

2. Thanks for reminding me of Oklahoma. I would've included ticks and poison ivy... because that was my August experience!

I will write a poem in response. The second topic of gender-fluidity should fit the weather. Mother Nature or Jack Frost? Oklahoma/Kansas/Nebraska weather (whether or not) can be sooooo fickle. One minute embracing like a blanket of ice. The next day a twist of an angry wind.

I'll come up with something and link it to you.

Hot-cold fickle face

You encase us in ice with a promise that you'll melt our heart. You scour us with the scorn of your twisting tongue then roast us in your oven until we're parched. Oh, Oklahoma. You can never make up your mind. Whether to cover us with ticks or poison ivy matters not, no more than whether we live or die. Our weathered bones will bring forth flowers, their blossoms will entice the bugs. And bugs? Bugs buzz until you cover us with a pristine blanket of frost.

         fluidity,
         hot-cold fickle face
         of Oklahoma

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Prosperous Snow celebrating thanks for the inspiration.

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Footnotes
1  Ghana criminalizing sexuality. Hungary criminalizing speech about sexuality. Confederate States criminalizing transexuality.