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Well, now...
May. 11th, 2010 01:19 pm
Apparently some people think you should only use the bathroom if you pass a genital inspection to prove you belong. Or something, it's a little incoherent.
Now, I was under the impression that surgery for transgendered folks was expensive and not always very useful (and then you don't even get to show it off afterwards, do you?), and that you have to go through this whole process first before they even let you do it. (A process where, I guess, you aren't allowed to pee in public toilets?)
Classist (only those who can afford or choose to have genital surgery get to use the bathroom?), misogynist (women aren’t women if they have facial hair), anti-Intersex (there are only two kinds of genitals in Frank’s world)… I could go on, but I’ve said it before: Social justice is not going to come from cis, white men.
Well, Frank probably doesn't know that much about intersexed people and probably thinks this is much rarer than it is. This is because he's ignorant, and we can't blame him. There's a good reason he's ignorant about this. That reason is because, in our society, it's considered impolite to look at other people's genitals except in very specific situations. It's so impolite that it's also considered impolite to show other people your genitals except in those specific situation. We even call those parts of our bodies private to emphasize how non-public our pubics are.
So this whole "bathroom" thing just doesn't make sense to me. If you don't want to be confronted with the wrong parts, surely it's easier for you to just not look? You know, like we teach three year olds to stop peeking under the door? The toddlers can get it, why can't you?
Oh, and this other article. Apparently it's relevant to ask if gay couples count as "families" because "families" can set up extra tents on parkgrounds.
“A lot of the advocates of gay marriage in Iowa have said, ‘It doesn’t affect anything. Nothing has changed,’” Bartz says. “The reality of it is that everything is changing.”
OMG! He's right! Everything is changing! Why, if Bartz doesn't hold the line against this travesty, gay folks will be able to go... go camping and set up more than one tent! Oh, heavens, what shall we ever DO about this terrible thing? Next they'll be taking road trips or geocaching!!!!!
I never thought same-sex marriage could possibly affect me before except in maybe causing me to buy a few extra wedding presents over my lifetime, but now, now I'm just convinced. Two tents! It's just not right!
Now, I was under the impression that surgery for transgendered folks was expensive and not always very useful (and then you don't even get to show it off afterwards, do you?), and that you have to go through this whole process first before they even let you do it. (A process where, I guess, you aren't allowed to pee in public toilets?)
Classist (only those who can afford or choose to have genital surgery get to use the bathroom?), misogynist (women aren’t women if they have facial hair), anti-Intersex (there are only two kinds of genitals in Frank’s world)… I could go on, but I’ve said it before: Social justice is not going to come from cis, white men.
Well, Frank probably doesn't know that much about intersexed people and probably thinks this is much rarer than it is. This is because he's ignorant, and we can't blame him. There's a good reason he's ignorant about this. That reason is because, in our society, it's considered impolite to look at other people's genitals except in very specific situations. It's so impolite that it's also considered impolite to show other people your genitals except in those specific situation. We even call those parts of our bodies private to emphasize how non-public our pubics are.
So this whole "bathroom" thing just doesn't make sense to me. If you don't want to be confronted with the wrong parts, surely it's easier for you to just not look? You know, like we teach three year olds to stop peeking under the door? The toddlers can get it, why can't you?
Oh, and this other article. Apparently it's relevant to ask if gay couples count as "families" because "families" can set up extra tents on parkgrounds.
“A lot of the advocates of gay marriage in Iowa have said, ‘It doesn’t affect anything. Nothing has changed,’” Bartz says. “The reality of it is that everything is changing.”
OMG! He's right! Everything is changing! Why, if Bartz doesn't hold the line against this travesty, gay folks will be able to go... go camping and set up more than one tent! Oh, heavens, what shall we ever DO about this terrible thing? Next they'll be taking road trips or geocaching!!!!!
I never thought same-sex marriage could possibly affect me before except in maybe causing me to buy a few extra wedding presents over my lifetime, but now, now I'm just convinced. Two tents! It's just not right!
