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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)that double standard. her name doesn't look like a female, so maybe that's it.
I know Hof people had tried to insinuate I'm male, and maybe even a transwoman. Which made me lol. Should I send them proof? LOLOLOL. for the record for those who want to justify their judgmental attitudes, however, I gave birth to two kids and nursed them both. If a transwoman has a doctor who can accomplish that... well... wow. I don't know a lot about that world. And ppl on DU know me irl.
Those who really know me irl know I question anything that easily aligns with the dominant ideology of a culture b/c it can manifest itself in so many ways. Shaming women for their sexuality aligns with that dominant culture.
When women from that group post that people think women and children are trash... I'm amazed that they make this sort of projection.
The reason the writers and intellectuals in the U.S. left the states and moved to Paris - the non-religious, the homosexuals, the African Americans - was because that rural small-town conventional mentality felt like a hand over their mouths that was suffocating. The reason people move to cities is to have more interaction with different cultures that are not permitted when conformity is deemed the primary value. The great American writers of the early 20th c. wrote about this - and it's a trait that remains, as we see in the rural/urban divide between the Democratic and Republican party - tho, obviously, not all rural people are Republicans. But Republicans appeal to that rural sentiment.