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Xa i-Facebook 2014 yatshintsha isimo sayo eJamani kwaye amalungu ayo ayengasakwazi ukuthatha isigqibo phakathi kwendoda nebhinqa kumcimbi wesini kwiprofayili yabo, kodwa kunye nezinye iinketho ze-58 zazikhona, umbono wenkcazo eyahlukileyo kakhulu yesini ushukume wangena umbono jikelele woluntu. Ngokufanelekileyo, kukungabaluleki kwesini sebhayoloji kunye nokuzikhethela ngokukhululekileyo kwesini sakhe, ngaphaya kwezinto ezimbini ezaziwayo.
Ngokwangoku i-30 yezigidi zabasebenzisi abasebenzayo, iimephu ze-Facebook kwimikhwa efanelekileyo kwezentlalo. Kwaye into enye icacile: zininzi kakhulu kuneqela labantu abangakwaziyo ukubona nge-classical gendering ezimbini. Nangona kunjalo, iyantlukwano yobume besini sobuntu okanye, ukuyibeka ngokweMagnus Hirschfeld, umphandi ngesondo kunye nomsunguli wombutho wokuqala wobungqingili, umntu ophakathi kwezesondo, akazange aqhathaniswe ngokusondeleyo kunye nobuchule be-58 ku-Facebook. Kungenxa yeso sizathu le nto Facebook ibuye yagqiba kwelokuba ngoku kunokwenzeka ukukhetha phakathi kwamadoda, amabhinqa kunye nabasebenzisi-achazwe kwisethingi yeprofayile. Imenyu eyehlayo kukuba, ngenxa yoko, ihambile. Kukho indawo yasimahla - "Yongeza isini sakho" - kwikota ozikhethele yona. Ukuhlala bekusoloko kukho abantu abangazifumaniyo ngendlela ebekiweyo-yeendlela ezimbini, kunokubonakala kumangalisa kwenye okanye kwenye. Ngokuyintloko mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba kwakungekho ezinye iindlela ngaphandle kwe-heteronormativity kwaye ezi zingenakwenziwa zibonakale nangezinye iindlela. I-Intanethi idale amathuba amatsha. Nangona kunjalo, kwiindawo ezininzi akukho semthethweni ukuba nantoni na ngaphandle komfazi okanye indoda. Akukho nto phakathi.
"Ukwahluka kobunini besini sobuntu akufezekiswanga nokuba namandla e-58 ku-Facebook."
Kananjalo kunyaka u-2014 uphumelele u-Thomas Neuwirth wezobugcisa umzobo uConchita Wurst, idayava eneentshebe, i-Eurovision Song Contest. Uloyiso lukaConchita, ukuya kumangalisa kukuba, lwazothusa kakhulu iziseko zenkqubo yokuphefumla ngokwesini. Kwaye oku ngaphandle kwento yokuba ubugcisa befom yobugcisa okanye umngcelele wokuziqhelanisa nokutsala unesiko elide kwaye ukurhola u-Olivia Jones bekusoloko kusithi gqi kwisikhululo sikamabonwakude esithetha isiJamani nokuba sinjani umbala. Umntu unokucinga ukuba ukrwada kwakudala kuyinxalenye yobomi bemihla ngemihla.
Nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yokuba uConchita Wurst engathathi indawo yazo zonke iimpawu zobudoda kunye nezo zabasetyhini, kodwa uzixuba kunye kwaye uvumela ixesha elifanayo lamadoda nabasetyhini, kwabanye ukuphela kwendawo yokuthuthuzela kwaye ngaxeshanye ulwimi lufikile. Ukungalingani ngokwesini kwabangela ukungonwabi, kwanolwimi. Wena, yena, iyakuba yintoni loo nto? "Ubugcisa," utshilo uNuwwirth, echaza ngokucacileyo ukuba kusekho indawo encinci yokuhlekisa kunye nokuphambuka kumcimbi wesini.
Oku kuvakalelwa ngabantu abanjengoLann Hornscheidt, abazinikele kulwimi olufanelekileyo ngokulinganayo. Umbono we-Hornscheidt uhamba ngokungaphezulu kokupheliswa kwento ebubudoda, esele ibhengezwe ngokusemthethweni ukuba umlo, kwaye ke oko kuyinyani yokwenyani. Ukongeza, i-Hornscheidt ngokobuqu ayifuni kubhekiswa kuyo njengendoda okanye umfazi kwaye ke oko kubangela inzondo enkulu kangangokuba kusekwe idilesi ye-imeyile eyahlukileyo kulolu hlobo lonxibelelwano.
Okwangoku, kuyonwabisa kakhulu ukuzibuza ukuba uluntu luza kuzakha njani kwakhona ekuphelisweni kwababini. Ewe kunjalo, olu luvo luhlasela ngokwenyani umntu ukuba ungubani. Kodwa ayisiyiyo nje le yokuphuma kokuyenza lula le yokwabelana ngesini ezimbini lithuba elingabandakanyi abo bebekhe babekhutshelwe ngaphandle kulo, kodwa kwangaxeshanye kwimbono yabo yantlukwano yehlabathi ukunika ithuba nawe banelungelo?
Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ukwandiswa kwamagama okuthetha amagama akuthethi ukuba akukho mntu unokutsho ukuba - ubudala obudala besikolo- yindoda okanye umfazi.
Photo / Ividiyo: Oscar Schmidt.
