Dating and van life. How does one go about this?

rruff · 2025-01-29T11:48:29-0500

dhuff said:
"Gender" refers to social, psychological, cultural, and behavioral constructs particular to humans.

In other words, a load of

Why the hell would anybody want to adopt a gender role, when they are free do whatever they want? Seriously, the "shackles" of gender roles came off many decades ago. I can't remember the last time I identified with or as anything. Maybe I haven't since birth. Consequently I have no clue what they are trying to accomplish with this, except maybe to sow more chaos and confusion.

I'm not a card carrying member of any community or club; I don't know the secret handshakes and don't want to know. My appearance is whatever is achieved with the minimum of cleaning, grooming, dental work, and cheap clothes. I may look like a hairy old white guy, but I don't belong to that club either or hang out with them, or do what hairy old white guys typically do.

Others may judge me based on how I look, how I live, what I'm driving, etc... but that's their business, not mine. I prefer not to be harassed or have my life threatened when I'm legally going about my business, but that has happened hundreds of times. No big deal.

dhuff · 2025-01-29T19:44:27-0500

rruff said:
In other words, a load of

Why the hell would anybody want to adopt a gender role, when they are free do whatever they want?

I was a PhD student in Psychology before I left university because I could actually make a living doing IT and Cybersecurity, and because jobs in academia are few and far between. But readers need to understand that Psychology is a science. And in that science, "sex" and "gender" have very precise, and different, definitions. That's the basis I was coming from.

As to "why the hell..." ? Because "they are free [to] do whatever they want", as you said. Even if it's not a choice you or I would make.

tx2sturgis · 2025-01-30T13:58:57-0500

DLTooley said:
All I’m gonna say here is that gender neutral bathrooms are a good thing.

I’ve never seen a multi-stall gender neutral bathroom, but it’s certainly doable even with screened but otherwise open urinals.

Maybe just go a bit deeper with the screen, there are certainly males out there from which that little bit of extra privacy would be good for me.

I remember the tv show Ally McBeal where the lawfirm in the show had a unisex (or coed) restroom.

Well guess what, there is a large venue (Glencoe Campground) in Sturgis during the annual motorcycle rally with a coed restroom in the Glencoe Pavilion (indoor music venue) and I've used that facility several times during past visits.

Lets just say, with a large group of drunk bikers, and biker babes, after your first time in there, it actually begins to seem 'normal'.

But it is fun when the new guy in our group asks where the restrooms are, and you point to that door, and then wait a few seconds or a couple minutes and they come back out embarrassed or annoyed because they were sent into the 'ladies' room! (BTW: urinals and stalls with locking doors are available)

"No dude, it's coed''...now lets go have another beer!"

Ah...fun times.

LargeMarge · 2025-01-30T14:36:50-0500

rruff said:
...Why the hell would anybody want to adopt a gender role...

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Drama Queens.
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I blame soy.

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