User talk:Sg301209

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I am doing this for the third time, let's see it if works. Sg301209 (talk) 19:12, 25 January 2016 (UTC)Sierra

Compulsory heterosexuality
Hi Sg301209. It looks like you're working on an article that isn't structured too well to begin with. This is great news because it means you can really improve what's there, but it is also a challenge because I wouldn't recommend looking at the existing article as a model for what to do. It looks to me like the article so far (by volunteers over the years) by sticking together quotes from scholars in the field but not quite explaining or situating any of the arguments for a general audience. As such, the article reads "So and so said--"long digression" and then XYZ replied "..."". It's excerpting from an academic discussion rather than summarizing it, which is what a wikipedia article ought to do.

If you want some examples of good articles on subjects like these or some pointers I can help, but please don't take that article as it stands as a model for how to do it right. Thanks, Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:02, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

The layout is presented in a logical order and I didn't see any grammatical issues. I looked on google scholar as well as the ALICE catalog for articles about this topic and it was surprisingly difficult to find too much information for this particular topic. Perhaps it would be interesting to explore cultural or cross-cultural ideas about gender bending and/or passing (Hijra comes to mind). I wonder if passing or at least a person's desire to pass or not pass is societal pressure and how does this change from one culture to another? Would it be useful at all to talk about ways in which one could, from an early age, begin the process of passing through various options, such as early hormonal treatment or stopping secondary sex characteristics from developing? Again, I'm not sure how useful it would be on this article or if there is another wiki page that speaks on that topic more in depth, but I definitely feel that is pertains to this topic. I would also like to note that I appreciate the mention that "gendering" should not be confused with "sexing." Sg301209 (talk) 18:22, 9 March 2016 (UTC)Sierra