I know "tomboys" and "faggy" are american slangs. As I'm not
american and have nver been in USA I would be very pleased if you
tell me what "tomboys" and "faggy" means.
Thank you.
Ricardo.
diane celia hodges wrote:
>
> I think I mis-used my phrasing about gender and spatial differentiation -
> I am aware of the cognitive studies which focus on mental-spatial abilities,
>
> I was speaking more to the ways we walk, move, sit, stand, greet, huddle,
> run, throw, reach out,
>
> the ways we sit on busses or trains, the ways we interact in crowds, at
> public gatherings, private gatherings,
>
> the ways women walk at night, and the ways men walk at night;
>
> the ways boys play at lunch, and the ways girls play - who takes up more
> space, and who folds their bodies up so they won't take up any space? or
>
> the ways "tomboys" interact with space as children, or the "faggy" boys who
> are taunted so mercilessly, their uses of physical space are
> significant,...
> these interactions shape the spaces our bodies fill, the ways we move, and
> the ways we perceive the movement of others.
>
> these are the kinds of spaces I was thinking. I think these profoundly
> effect emotional
> development.
> diane
>
> "Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right." Ani Difranco
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> diane celia hodges
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> instruction,
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