Joseph Discovers Gender

He could respect that
they didn't need men.
Because he didn't
need men either.

He could respect that
they were attracted to women.
Because he was also
attracted to women.

But then things broke down
because he was a man.

"We need a DNA donor.
Are you interested?
No touching, though."

Now Teresa loved men,
at least she had learned to.
He loved Teresa,
but his DNA was useless to her.

At times he was a woman.
At times she was a man.

He said, "This schema does
not hold all the instances."

He was sometimes both a man
and a woman, but his DNA was
useless then.

He said, "Social roles and
biological roles are not the same."

She said, "They never taught
us this in school."