Some people are strongly down one end of the earthy/sensory trait spectrum. There are women who are strongly earthy and men who are strongly sensory.
The 'Opposite sexes' cultural story leaves their experience unscripted. In order to find ways to express themselves, people have to borrow cultural scripts from other contexts.
Western culture's stories bundle earthy and sensory traits into stories about lots of social groups. Unscripted people borrow scripts across:-.
Socio-economic Class In western culture the upper classes are described as having sensory traits and the lower classes as having earthy traits. Some sensory men borrow the self expression of upper class men, and some earthy women borrow from lower class women. More Ethnicity Different ethnicities place different emphasis on the earthy and sensory traits. As a result, some unscripted people borrow scripts from other nationalities and ethnicities - such as England, Asia, Germany and African American - to find ways of expressing themselves. More Gender The 'opposite sex' cultural story attributes earthy traits to men and sensory traits to women. As a result some earthy women express their earthiness by borrowing culturally male scripts. Similarly, some sensory men adopt culturally female forms of expression. More
Each person borrows scripts from different places and brings them together in their own unique way, giving rise to the enormous diversity in GLBTQ people.
People often switch scripts over the course of their lives. It creates fluidity in expression.
