She's not sure

[axeslade]

Something I completely forgot about. On Thursday during English, we had to do these little meaningless survey things. As usual, the fact that they had a 'circle your gender' thing bugged me. But this time...I didn't circle anything. Since they were anonymous, the teacher couldn't look through them and ask who forgot to mark their gender. The muses are squealing remembering it.

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[lifebytes-yaya.livejournal.com]

i love you

[axeslade.livejournal.com]

love you too ~_^

[spacequeen.livejournal.com]

It's funny, because I have the same issues about 'ethnicity'. I am a mixture of so many things, it makes me bristle to have to circle 'Hispanic' or 'White', etc. How dare anyone try to put me in a little category? ;)

[siriusly-punk.livejournal.com]

*claps* Good for you!

I hate the things online where it's actually required to circle your gender. I will never, for the life of me, figure out why knowing your gender is so important.

[axeslade.livejournal.com]

I will never, for the life of me, figure out why knowing your gender is so important.

I think on school things it's to show how boys do compared to girls on tests, but beyond that I don't get it either and it shouldn't matter in the first place. I'm going to try and speak to my counselor about it, asking her if there's anyway I can get out of listing my gender on things, but as she still thinks it might be a phase that could be difficult *shrug*

[siriusly-punk.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and that sounds really sexist to me. It's sort of like...when people go "Do you know if he's gay or not? Because, you know, I wouldn't care if he was. I'm just curious." Like, if it didn't matter, then you wouldn't even need to ask.

It's a weird example, I know. But it makes sense to me *shrugs*

Is that Paula woman your counceler? If she tells you it's just a "phase," then just tell her that even if it is a phase, you think that you should be able to make your own decisions. And besides, the best way to get over "phases" is by facing them and dealing with them.