In spite of little thing you said
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greenie_breizhSmall moments of heterosexism...
In a poster store, while my best friend and I were talking to the store owner (we've known him since grade 7, it's crazy)... we were talking about how French Canadians have a different word for girlfriend than we do (they say "ma blonde") and wondering if they use that expression in the masculine at all ("mon blond"). The owner turns to me (supposedly the Canadian expert now) and asks what they ask me, when they ask if I have a boyfriend. I remind him I live in the English-speaking part of Canada.
This morning I found myself shopping for a bit and remembered I need a new pair of guy jeans. I like their cut, more relaxed and comfortable and I really like wearing them now and again and being a little butchy. Anyway. I find a pair of pants, try them on, then go to pay for them. The cashier points out they also have boxer briefs on sale, and when I express interest, she goes, "so what size is your man?". I tell her it's for myself.
A friend lent me The Psychology of Joss Whedon and I've just started reading it. The first article is by an evolutionary psychologist talking about why we love Mal, and the author writes "In the case of the human male, it's reasonable to design in an aesthetic appeal for a large number of sexually willing, very fertile young women (Malamuth 19)." I was already not convinced by her argument in the beginning of her article; I was finding incredibly essentialist and ethnocentric, but she's finished losing me there. Thank goodness, humans from all walks of life constantly prove there is more to life, attraction and love than finding a good mating partner. I don't think I'm a fan of evolutionary psychology.
People ask why gay and bisexual people have to come out. It's because otherwise, we just don't exist.
In a poster store, while my best friend and I were talking to the store owner (we've known him since grade 7, it's crazy)... we were talking about how French Canadians have a different word for girlfriend than we do (they say "ma blonde") and wondering if they use that expression in the masculine at all ("mon blond"). The owner turns to me (supposedly the Canadian expert now) and asks what they ask me, when they ask if I have a boyfriend. I remind him I live in the English-speaking part of Canada.
This morning I found myself shopping for a bit and remembered I need a new pair of guy jeans. I like their cut, more relaxed and comfortable and I really like wearing them now and again and being a little butchy. Anyway. I find a pair of pants, try them on, then go to pay for them. The cashier points out they also have boxer briefs on sale, and when I express interest, she goes, "so what size is your man?". I tell her it's for myself.
A friend lent me The Psychology of Joss Whedon and I've just started reading it. The first article is by an evolutionary psychologist talking about why we love Mal, and the author writes "In the case of the human male, it's reasonable to design in an aesthetic appeal for a large number of sexually willing, very fertile young women (Malamuth 19)." I was already not convinced by her argument in the beginning of her article; I was finding incredibly essentialist and ethnocentric, but she's finished losing me there. Thank goodness, humans from all walks of life constantly prove there is more to life, attraction and love than finding a good mating partner. I don't think I'm a fan of evolutionary psychology.
People ask why gay and bisexual people have to come out. It's because otherwise, we just don't exist.
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Zut j'en ai oublié un bout X3
Date: 2008-06-27 03:46 pm (UTC)Heureusement que toute personne faisant preuve d'hétérosexime n'est pas à bannir de sa vie sinon on n'en sortirait plus X3 mais je comprends que ça ait un côté désespérant. Ceci dit ça évolue lentement mais sûrement (?), il faut prendre son mal en patience !
Ça me fait toujours rigoler de voir des messieurs dans les magasins de lingerie, je me pose plein de questions XD (je refuse de croire qu'ils sont TOUS là pour acheter un cadeau à leur femme, beaucoup trop simple et pas assez marrant !).
Se faire qualifier de "fertile", en-dehors d'un contexte où genre, tu viens de faire unt est de fertilité ^^;, je trouve ça assez offensant. J'ai tout de suite l'impression d'être vue comme un utérus sur pattes :/. C'est un peu comme quand ma mère fait des assumptions (pourquoi on n'a pas assomption en français ? on a bien l'Assomption !) du style "tu verras quand tu auras un enfant…" mais en pire.
Je l'aime aussi beaucoup *parce que* c'est un boulet, j'avoue :D. Et parce qu'il s'habille bien. Hum. Simon is so lovely~♥. En plus comme je suis fan de Kaylee (comme tout le monde, j'ai envie de dire), c'est trop le couple qui me fait squeeter comme une débile. Cute and sexy and wonderful.
Re: Zut j'en ai oublié un bout X3
Date: 2008-06-27 10:20 pm (UTC)LOL j'ai jamais fait gaffe, mais la prochaine fois je le ferais et je leur ferais un grand sourire. *g*
De manière générale, je trouve que la fertilité est au moins une question privée, et de manière générale ça ne devrait franchement pas être un critère de sélection. >< C'est tout à fait ça, ça réduit la femme à des utérus sur pattes et franchement, non merci. Surtout vu qu'on est dans une situation de surpopulation. (Ca ne m'empêche pas de vouloir des enfants tout ça mais c'est besides the point. :)
LOL. J'aime bien les boulets moi aussi. Ca fait mal de le voir si mal à l'aise des fois mais ça le rend tellement mignon. Puis, bon, Sean Maher ça reste mon gros crush, il est tellement beau ce mec. *_* Je suis pareil que toi en gros, j'adore Kaylee et Simon, de manière générale de toute façon je suis très ship canon avec Joss Whedon. J'adore la façon dont ils se complémentent. Tu as lu les derniers comics? Le fantasme de Kaylee m'a fait trop trippé. :D