Gender. What does that mean to you? Does it inspire questions or debate in your mind? How often do you find yourself thinking about it or discussing it? How often do you reference it? How much does it affect your life and how you interact with those around you?
I've been pondering gender a lot lately. And I have some thoughts. Some things to say. Some practices to question. Maybe some pots to stir.
But I have too many thoughts for one post. So I have decided to do a series of posts on the subject of gender.
I am not a fan of stirring controversy. Really, I usually like to keep my political and religious beliefs to myself. I do not feel a need to convince others to believe what I believe.
But I imagine that my beliefs may color some of what I say. So I guess I better get some of them out in the open.
I believe we existed before we came to this earth. I believe that gender was part of who we were then. I don't believe we came to earth as a girl or boy because God assigned that to us; I believe we came as whatever we were before. If you are a girl on earth, I believe you were a girl before earth.
I also believe there are some really big questions about gender and gender-related issues that I don't know the answers to. Things I have thought about, studied, and prayed about that I am still unsure of. There are things I haven't taken a position on.
There are generalities. And there are exceptions. There are assumptions. And there are truths.
There is love. And hate. And fear. And confusion.
And I want to talk about some of these.
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This post is part of an on-going series on gender issues. If you would like to continue this thread, go here.