gender relations thoughts

[Adam Blatner]

Hello, colleagues, I've been wondering about something: I have the impression that there are at least three or four categories and they are significant:

-- men who enjoy women as much as or even more than men, or who enjoy men who are similarly more androgynous...  or who share interests that aren't tied to gender... 
             (This may not correlate at all with their role behavior in their sex lives---they can be very male in relation to the female)

-- and then there are guys who like to hang out with other guys and do guy stuff  

-- And gals who similarly relate to gal stuff (activities that most men don't like)

-- and also women who like to hang out more with men in the androgynous realm
 
           and perhaps even some men who like to do mainly gal stuff or gals who like to do mainly man stuff who are not actually transgendered or homosexual... but I don't know many / any like this.. 

   We also have to make exceptions for single-interest cross-gender-stereotype activities. There are women who like football, fantasy football, want to play sports previously thought to be only male, and in many other ways crossing past gender barriers
         and men, too, becoming nurses, etc. 

    I'm more the first group, more androgynous, and most sports, fishing, hanging out, drinking, and other male activities as modeled in the literature don't appeal to me. Activities that do appeal to me could be attractive to a small percentage of either sex, such as continuing education classes in various liberal arts fields. ... 

         I wonder what the percentages are, the breakdown... 

    And I wonder what it's like if people in one category are raised in families who are mainly in another category and that family or professional sub-group or other group has collective attitudes about those who may not fit with their stereotypes?

    e.g., a boy in a fairly intellectual family who really liked sports and sought out other dads to coach and mentor him... 

         I wonder if this has been addressed sociologically, sociodramatically, etc.?

     Warmly, Adam blatner    open to thoughts 
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