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2/17/2012

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I've been thinking lately about the myriad ways in which sexual orientation, gender identification, and gender presentation affect our occupational choices.  We might imagine multiple ways this could happen:
  1. Maybe we choose a job where we can present as we want to and not feel alienated.  For some of us, this might mean being able to bring our partner to the holiday party; for others, it might mean not being the only woman at work who's not wearing a skirt.
  2. Maybe we choose a job in which our partners aren't denied health benefits (and we probably also want to work somewhere where we can't be fired simply for loving whom we choose).
  3. The dyke cop, the dyke librarian, and the dyke P.E. teacher are all cliches, yes...  but often there's a reason that things become cliches.  Whatever personality characteristics are associated with being a lesbian (and particularly a butch) may also be associated with whatever characteristics make people pursue certain professions.

Of course, lesbians can do anything.  We can be (and are) everything from ballerinas to surgeons, from firefighters to custodians.  But I know that in my own life, I've gravitated toward work that lets me be myself, and away from work that tends to favor or privilege those who conform to gender norms.

I'm really curious about what your experiences have been.  I would LOVE it if you would fill out the following brief survey and send it to me!  I'll tally the results and report them (anonymously, of course) in a future post:

Thanks for participating.  The more people who fill it out, the better and more interesting the results are likely to be, and the more interesting it will be to read about in a few days.  :-)

14 Comments
regina may
2/17/2012 05:36:05 am

loves her some butches

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PJ Seleska link
2/21/2012 12:37:07 pm

Nice to meet you... love networking!

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wendy mikels
2/21/2012 12:37:23 pm

I'm a butch who loves butches!

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Geri
2/22/2012 12:11:54 am

Im a butch who loves butches too... and I'm single ;)

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Spike
2/21/2012 12:45:34 pm

I am a butch who loves people for what is in their hearts, whether that be femme, butch or something else.

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Erica Trayler
2/22/2012 12:55:31 am

I feel the same way, the person inside has always been more important thn the outer skin, although I've never dated a butch doesn't mean that one could take hold of my heart = )

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PJ link
2/21/2012 02:24:44 pm

I love femmes, but they are very hard work, perhaps a boi would be more suited atm.

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Geri
2/22/2012 12:13:02 am

I hear ya on that one. I have better luck with boi's. More in common and way less work.

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catmo
2/22/2012 03:10:40 am

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Cyndi link
2/23/2012 12:35:17 am

No all of us Femmes are hard work. You just haven't found the right one yet is all. My Honey (who is butch) and I balance each other out jsut fine, and Im not one of those types that wears makeup, and has to have my nails done....I'm what I consider myself as a Basic Femme.

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laurie lewis
2/21/2012 02:29:07 pm

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Anthony DeRon Oakes
2/22/2012 12:14:19 am

Wow...interesting! Let me find out my librarian was a lipstick lesbian...lol.

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Erica Trayler
2/22/2012 12:50:04 am

Thx so much for providing a friendly environment and outlet for our voices to b heard.

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PJ
2/22/2012 09:43:13 am

And where are all the single boi's...in australia?

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