Enoch's Vision wrote:
>
> At 16:23 10-11-97 -0800, Peggy Hamilton wrote:
> >Enoch's Vision wrote:
> >> Dax was the worst example that TVGuide could have given. I like her but
> >> that is probably just visceral and shallow of me. However, she is male in
> >> gender, or perhaps 'mental sex' is a better phrase. She is very nearly a
> >> satire. Captain Sisko still addresses her as "Old Man" to remind us of her
> >> nature. Is the message that a woman has to be guided by an internal and
> >> worldly wise male to be truly strong? Or is she a parody, mixed message, or
> >> simply a badly-conceived character?
> >
> >How about that sex is a function of the body you are currently
> >inhabiting, and that percieved "gendered" behaviors are cultural
> >add-ons.
>
> I agree with that definition. Sex and gender don't always coincide. Sex is
> defined in biological terms primarily while gender is often defined in
> social and other behavioral terms. Jazdia Dax is wonderfully archetypal in
> a sense because she illustrates that we all contain elements of both
> genders. It would be really interesting to write a Jungian-type essay about
> her.
If she is an illustration that we all contain elements of both genders,
then why did you say her "mental sex" was male? What about her behavior
or attitudes are you defining as male?
Peggy Hamilton
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