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In relation to gender, a femme lesbian named Rachel Tessler wrote in 1996 that "some stone butches are almost beyond butch. They're almost in a kind of territory between genders, beyond being women. I think some stone butches aren't really women, in the way that they think about people."<ref>''Render Me, Gender Me: Lesbians Talk Sex, Class, Color, Nation, Studmuffins...'', p. 104-105, Columbia University Press, 1996</ref> | In relation to gender, a femme lesbian named Rachel Tessler wrote in 1996 that "some stone butches are almost beyond butch. They're almost in a kind of territory between genders, beyond being women. I think some stone butches aren't really women, in the way that they think about people."<ref>''Render Me, Gender Me: Lesbians Talk Sex, Class, Color, Nation, Studmuffins...'', p. 104-105, Columbia University Press, 1996</ref> | ||
A 2001 dictionary of sex and gender terminology by linguist Philip Herbst noted that {{quote|[[Bigender]]ed or [[transgender]]ed lesbians—individuals with [ [[AFAB]]] bodies who identify as masculine and may be attracted to other women— may call themselves ''stone butch'' [...] ''Stone'' may mean "very" in slang, but it also implies "untouchable" in a sexual sense—not wanting to be touched during sexual relations.<ref>{{cite book|title=Wimmin, Wimps & Wallflowers: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Gender and Sexual Orientation Bias in the United States |last=Herbst |first=Philip|year=2001|page=41}}</ref>}} | |||
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