tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976508527614113562.post7832844258407321927..comments2020-01-24T06:03:08.430-08:00Comments on Church of Pangoria: SexualityPangoria Fallstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01148359926488188195noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976508527614113562.post-26031135516332266972010-08-31T11:49:01.736-07:002010-08-31T11:49:01.736-07:00Thank you for the comments.
I feel that perhaps i...Thank you for the comments.<br /><br />I feel that perhaps it was my own personal experience growing up, that left me at a certain point of understanding. Even now, my wife is the mechanic, fixing the car, while I'm more into fixing computers. Nothing to do with our genders, but everything to do with what we grew up with, our parents, and our personal preferences.Pangoria Fallstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01148359926488188195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976508527614113562.post-41001026984545463032010-08-31T08:16:54.864-07:002010-08-31T08:16:54.864-07:00I agree with the above. at the same time i dont li...I agree with the above. at the same time i dont like the other extreme either; i dont like people stating that we all have to be the same or completely nullify gender - I like diversity. I see nothing wrong with it as long as we can value the differences and dont 'have to act' a certain way if we dont want to. <br /><br />I dont think equality means we need to be the same or deny something that is part of our nature or identity. if i cannot let my better half carry the heavier bag anymore simply because he IS physically stronger, then thats not an achievement for equality, thats just lack of common sense. there's nothing wrong with a physically stronger 'person' helping out a physically weaker 'person' likewise there's things that I am better at than he is.<br /><br />it's what makes these discussions so tricky: you got extremes waiting at either end of them. it's easier for me to state what makes me feel uneasy about something than to define the ideal state of things.<br /><br />I do like your reference to the intelligence part btw Pangoria: it is actually a valid point that get's overseen too often. I reckon we try not to sound 'elitist' but in the end it does come down to things like intelligence and education too.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473554645340972749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976508527614113562.post-38092611172521326842010-08-30T23:11:08.295-07:002010-08-30T23:11:08.295-07:00"each man and woman is different. We are not ..."each man and woman is different. We are not all stereotypes. We are different gradations of what is expected, and because of that, there is no universal truth of what it means to be a woman, or a man, or gay, or straight."<br /><br />This. So much this. It wears me down trying to explain this and always get a reply that "but women are different in the aspect XX". I hate, simply hate the women-are-different-kind of feminism because it reinforces stereotypes. As long as it dominates the debate we won't get anywhere. Imho.Larísahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769822260333419777noreply@blogger.com