Comments on: Ai Haruna, Miss International Queen 2009

By: Ingy

Ingy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:58:04 +0000

That’s very disrespectful of you. She is just that, a ’she’. Referring to her as a man is just wrong.

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By: The Overthinker

The Overthinker — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:00:39 +0000

Yeah, it’s very disturbing. More acceptable if all the bits have been replaced, but otherwise it ends up as being a crying game.

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By: The Overthinker

The Overthinker — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:57:20 +0000

“Biracial” is not inaccurate. Nor is “mulatto.” Calling someone with one black parent and one white parent a black is in fact more inaccurate.

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By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:58:18 +0000

Well, You’re wrong.
Both ‘Gender’ and ‘Genitalia’ come from the Latin, ‘Genus’, which means ‘race, stock, kind’.

Respecting ‘truth’ over one’s preference?
Should we call biracial persons mulattos?

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By: Tensigh

Tensigh — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:17:17 +0000

Shouldn’t we respect truth more than “gender” (a word which has been hijacked and misused, it actually refers to genetalia! Notice the root of the word.)

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By: Tensigh

Tensigh — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:14:33 +0000

Yeah, I think a disservice is done both to this man and to readers by mistakingly referring to this man as “her”.

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By: The Other K

The Other K — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:27:52 +0000

According to the AP style guide, reporters are to:

“Use the pronoun preferred by the individuals who have acquired the physical characteristics (by hormone therapy, body modification, or surgery) of the opposite sex and present themselves in a way that does not correspond with their sex at birth. If that preference is not expressed, use the pronoun consistent with the way the individuals live publicly”.

Enough said.

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By: tokyojesusfist

tokyojesusfist — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:36:16 +0000

The only reason why I call her a her is because she bears more resemblance to a woman than a man. The notion of “self-identifying” your gender is ridiculous.

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By: George

George — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:21:32 +0000

To echo helical:

Gender and sex are different. Gender is self-identified. Sex is not. “Her” refers to her gender.

In civilized society, we respect self-identification of gender.

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By: Dchama

Dchama — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:40:10 +0000

That’s alot of money for surgery! you’d think she’d look super amazing at that price.

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By: k

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:13:21 +0000

hey i didnt post this. lame.

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By: helical

helical — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:55:11 +0000

Social recognition of whether it’s an issue, is the main difference probably.
It’s widely known that a significant number of people have serious issues with their own sexual identity, often by genetics and forces beyond the person’s control, so the custom arose where to respect what the person identifies themselves as.

Extraterrestrials and burrowing mammals probably don’t enjoy the same level of recognition, I suspect.

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By: laggedreaction

laggedreaction — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:46:16 +0000

How is that any different than if I want to be identified as a Martian or an aardvark?

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By: animemiz

animemiz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:29:06 +0000

Congrats! I am happy to hear of her win.

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By: robert

robert — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:02:50 +0000

OMG, I thought she was hot… until I read the word transsexual. My eyes have been rapeplayed.

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By: k

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:28:25 +0000

nah dude its haruna ai she was a singer back in the day when she was a boy and now shes a tv personality

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By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:24:11 +0000

If a person wants to be identified as a woman, then you should respect that and use feminine pronouns appropriately.

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By: Alec

Alec — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:14:53 +0000

Wow, well done to her! She’s very beautiful. Last year’s winner looked hot too. Is she Korean?

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By: sublight

sublight — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:44:13 +0000

Good for her. She always comes across as one of the more charming and genuinely funny tarentos.

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By: kuiasg

kuiasg — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:04:29 +0000

ahem, I believe all the Strings matching “her” in this article should be replaced with “his”

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By: STDV

STDV — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:22:52 +0000

She looks so Phillipino.

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By: k

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:31:50 +0000

ahh I remember them calling her fat on a show and bet her that she couldnt lose 15 kgs, it was pretty funny because they gave these two fat chicks a diet of only oranges(so they said) before.
Haruna Ai is on tv alot in japan so I wouldnt say its that bad, plus I remember they play a drama in the morning actually called “new half”.

p.s you messed up on your zero’s man. ” ($660,00)”

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