Hi. I ended up looking in on your group due to jury duty for an alerted post - dumb alert, and

[Major Nikon]

10. We get a lot of dumb alerts here

Interestingly the new DU rules on limiting dumb alerts didn't seem to change that, but this is another story.

I think you are correct in that the most sought after attributes that should be what one looks for in a mate are not gender specific. These are core values and have more to do with personal ethics. Certainly one thing we can learn from the LGBT community is that both genders are not required for a happy and loving relationship and the same goes for parenting. So it naturally follows that the attributes that are most commonly associated with masculine and feminine are similarly not required for the same type of relationships.

However, there are many things outside these core values which form our individual identity. Quite often these things are associated with masculine and feminine and don't always mirror with what equipment we are born with. This group is dedicated to issues which are generally of more interest to the former, but are by no means exclusive. All honorable people are welcome here, and we don't check for what equipment you are born with to determine if your opinion should be valued or not. Personally I place a high value on diversity of all types. Should you decide to post here on a regular basis, you won't be the only person who has self-identified as a woman.

Welcome to the group and thanks for the well thought out post.

Cheers!