Dear Jinan,
I support Thea and Heidi. I recommend you do some reading on contemporary feminist theories (ie. published within the last 5, not 40 years) if you intend to pursue your misappropriation and ungrounded interpretation of the terms masculine and feminine. Regardless of your intended meaning ("Sorry if I have offended"), your ignorance in this respect has multiple and ongoing negative material effects.
teena
> On 18 Feb 2019, at 1:10 pm, Thea Blackler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Dear Jinan,
>
> I support Heidi. Just because you explained (nearly a week ago in the middle of an email which most of us have since lost or deleted) your understanding of the term, does not mean you can ignore the repeated requests from others not to use it in this inappropriate way.
>
> Find another term.
My understanding is that masculine and feminine are qualities that
both men and women have. Other words that are being used instead of
masculine and feminine are yin and yang or in the Indian context, Ida
and Pingala, which represent the basic duality in the existence or it
can be the logical and intuitive aspect. Masculine and feminine not in
terms of sex – about being male or female – but in terms of certain
qualities in nature."
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