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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hello, colleagues, I've been wondering about
something: I have the impression that there are at least three or four
categories and they are significant:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-- </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>men who enjoy
women as much as or even more than men, or who enjoy men who are similarly more
androgynous.<WBR>.. or who share interests that aren't tied to gender...
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(This may not correlate at all with their role behavior in their sex
lives---they can be very male in relation to the female)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-- and then there are guys who like to hang
out with other guys and do guy stuff </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>-- <FONT size=2 face=Arial>And gals who similarly relate to gal stuff
(activities that most men don't like)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>-- and also <FONT size=2 face=Arial>women who like to hang out more
with men in the androgynous realm</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2
face=Arial> and
perhaps even some men who like to do mainly gal stuff or gals who like to do
mainly man stuff who are not actually transgendered or homosexual..<WBR>. but I
don't know many / any like this.. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV> We also have to make exceptions for single-interest
cross-gender-stereotype activities. There are women who like football, fantasy
football, want to play sports previously thought to be only male, and in many
other ways crossing past gender barriers</DIV>
<DIV> and men, too, becoming
nurses, etc. </DIV>
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<DIV> <FONT size=2 face=Arial> I'm more the first group, more
androgynous, and most sports, fishing, hanging out, drinking, and other male
activities as modeled in the literature don't appeal to me. Activities that do
appeal to me could be attractive to a small percentage of either sex, such as
continuing education classes in various liberal arts fields. ... </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> I
wonder what the percentages are, the breakdown... </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> And I wonder what it's like if
people in one category are raised in families who are mainly in
another category and that family or professional sub-group or other group has
collective attitudes about those who may not fit with their
stereotypes?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV> e.g., a boy in a fairly intellectual family who really
liked sports and sought out other dads to coach and mentor him... </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> I
wonder if this has been addressed sociologically, sociodramatically,
etc.?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Warmly,
Adam</FONT> <FONT size=2 face=Arial>blatner</FONT><IMG
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