Fluidity

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The Possibilities of a Fluid Gender System

By redefining gender as fluid, it undermines the legitimization of bias and breaks down the ability to attribute traits or roles to a specific gender grouping. In doing so, a new method of thinking begins to take shape. A sensitive man is no more or less than a sensitive woman and his sexuality is irrelevant. Likewise, a powerful female manager is no less powerful than her male counterpart, nor is her ability for kindness taken into question. Burke offers the term gender independence. Gender independence, defines Burke, “simply means that the individual is not precluded from feeling or doing anything because of their body” (234). Read more…