tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post908597713761601774..comments2008-05-10T02:34:57.258-07:00Renee Gannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12868834978136618763reneegannon@gmail.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-7174016783672849342008-05-09T19:59:00.000-07:002008-05-09T19:59:00.000-07:00nice blog, nice topic. I wonder why assholes are always anonymous...John Painzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17517341580014879088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-25111081896651636522008-05-02T01:36:43.363-07:002008-05-02T01:36:43.363-07:00Philosophical questions are the seeds for humankind's development for they always rock the status quo, given enough time to germinate. <BR/><BR/>Back in the middle ages, the prevailing knowledge was that Earth was the center of the universe, some philosophically-inclined mathematician philosophically asked: But what if Earth is <I>not</I> the center of the universe? <BR/><BR/>There are other philosophical questions, usually starting with Why and What if, that ushered in breathtaking developments in the natural sciences as well as the social sciences - I will not take up the comment space discoursing on these, but<BR/><BR/>"what if someday gender and gender roles became obsolete"<BR/><BR/>got my heart palpitating, not with anxiety, but with excitement, because this is absolutely attainable.<BR/><BR/>Societies will always progress (unless we annihilate ourselves with our nuclear technology) despite our individual wills and prejudices. Cultural prejudices and biases change as well, including societies' ideas on gender and gender roles.<BR/><BR/>So what if there will come a time when gender and gender roles become obsolete? Splendid! I am so looking forward to that wonderful day.<BR/><BR/>After all, it was much more difficult to move the Earth from its central, unmovable position in the universe to being one of the rocks that moved around the Sun, but move it did.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15975676979546675673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-72818305361004494062008-05-01T21:52:11.119-07:002008-05-01T21:52:11.119-07:00im sorry to say that video was pretty silly<BR/><BR/>http://www.queersunited.blogspot.comQueers Unitedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074493276489593816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-7553981058082868582008-05-01T13:39:37.070-07:002008-05-01T13:39:37.070-07:00Ma'amselle Lezident, this is simply hilarious!!! :)ladidadida...me!!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-12827609873930931272008-05-01T13:18:06.366-07:002008-05-01T13:18:06.366-07:00This reminds me of a great faux questionnaire that someone drew up back in the 1970s:<BR/><BR/>HETEROSEXUAL QUESTIONNAIRE<BR/><BR/>(©1972, Martin Rochlin, Ph.D.)<BR/><BR/>This questionnaire is for self-avowed heterosexuals only. If you are not openly heterosexual, pass it on to a friend who is. Please try to answer the questions as candidly as possible. Your responses will be held in strict confidence and your anonymity fully protected.<BR/><BR/>1. What do you think caused your heterosexuality?<BR/><BR/>2. When and how did you first decide you were a heterosexual?<BR/><BR/>3. Is it possible your heterosexuality is just a phase you may grow out of?<BR/><BR/>4. Could it be that your heterosexuality stems from a neurotic fear of others of the same sex?<BR/><BR/>5. If you’ve never slept with a person of the same sex, how can you be sure you wouldn’t prefer that? <BR/><BR/>6. To whom have you disclosed your heterosexual tendencies? How did they react?<BR/><BR/>7. Why do heterosexuals feel compelled to seduce others into their lifestyle?<BR/><BR/>8. Why do you insist on flaunting your heterosexuality? Can’t you just be what you are and keep it quiet?<BR/><BR/>9. Would you want your children to be heterosexual, knowing the problems they’d face?<BR/><BR/>10. A disproportionate majority of child molesters are heterosexual men. Do you consider it safe to expose children to heterosexual male teachers, pediatricians, priests, or scoutmasters?<BR/><BR/>11. With all the societal support for marriage, the divorce rate is spiraling. Why are there so few stable relationships among heterosexuals?<BR/><BR/>12. Why do heterosexuals place so much emphasis on sex?<BR/><BR/>13. Considering the menace of overpopulation, how could the human race survive if everyone were heterosexual?<BR/><BR/>14. Could you trust a heterosexual therapist to be objective? Don’t you fear s/he might be inclined to influence you in the direction of her/his own leanings?<BR/><BR/>15. Heterosexuals are notorious for assigning themselves and one another rigid, stereotyped sex roles. Why must you cling to such unhealthy role-playing?<BR/><BR/>16. With the sexually segregated living conditions of military life, isn’t heterosexuality incompatible with military service? <BR/> <BR/>17. How can you enjoy an emotionally fulfilling experience with a person of the other sex when there are such vast differences between you? How can a man know what pleases a woman sexually or vice-versa?<BR/> <BR/>18. Shouldn’t you ask your far-out straight cohorts, like skinheads and born-agains, to keep quiet? Wouldn’t that improve your image?<BR/><BR/>19. Why are heterosexuals so promiscuous?<BR/><BR/>20. Why do you attribute heterosexuality to so many famous lesbian and gay people? Is it to justify your own heterosexuality?<BR/><BR/>21. How can you hope to actualize your God-given homosexual potential if you limit yourself to exclusive, compulsive heterosexuality? <BR/> <BR/>22. There seem to be very few happy heterosexuals. Techniques have been developed that might enable you to change if you really want to. After all, you never deliberately chose to be a heterosexual, did you? Have you considered aversion therapy or Heterosexuals Anonymous?Ma'amselle Lezidenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15003290177437145723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-87694542886101534052008-05-01T11:49:40.926-07:002008-05-01T11:49:40.926-07:00Yes, but the article didn't have anything to do with the biology of reproduction, so if you actually read it, it was to contemplate the role reversal of gay and straight. But in this day and age, there is a lot more to "procreation" than just good old-fashioned woman on man action.Lesberitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12868834978136618763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-33466688626769916382008-05-01T11:47:13.600-07:002008-05-01T11:47:13.600-07:00The whole point of the article was philosophical, but apparantly you are not one to understand or embrace the a philosophical pondering...<BR/><BR/>Also, that line about Current is their tagline, taken from their website, so you might want to take that up with themLesberitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12868834978136618763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-69176756960941304092008-05-01T11:45:54.295-07:002008-05-01T11:45:54.295-07:00he "status quo" of procreation has worked for billions of years thanks to what we call "sexual reproduction."<BR/><BR/>If same-sex couples could reproduce (without surgical modification) and Hetero Couples could not, I'm sure we'd see some sway in the favor of your argument... It would be considered "by the status quo" as acceptable behavior, because its biologically relevant... but as of yet, it is not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-3360703380314201112008-05-01T11:45:21.207-07:002008-05-01T11:45:21.207-07:00or could it be that it is thoughts you would rather not be expressed because the status quo is fine by you?Paula the Surf Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454996457013095601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-11695795886687511182008-05-01T11:44:39.557-07:002008-05-01T11:44:39.557-07:00Actually there's NO Point to the article, it asks questions and doesn't answer them, it's entirely philosophical... and unattainable to boot...<BR/><BR/>I didn't need this article to ever question these things.<BR/><BR/>"Imagine if Gays and Straights switched?" "Imagine if Blacks and Whites switched" "What if Mac n Cheese tasted like Chicken?" "What if Chicken tasted like Beef"<BR/><BR/>Imagine this, imagine that... thats fine, imagine all you want, put your head in the clouds, but the reality of it is that its mindless pandering of words that won't accomplish anything whatsoever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-85989511353369690962008-05-01T11:44:06.204-07:002008-05-01T11:44:06.204-07:00That was not meant and obviously you missed the point of the vid and the article... shame it has something important to say.Paula the Surf Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08454996457013095601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-38543632302077015502008-05-01T11:43:03.454-07:002008-05-01T11:43:03.454-07:00"We here at Lesbiatopia are HUGE fans of Current, which is a site dedicated to what's going on in your world: all the things you and your friends are actually interested in"<BR/><BR/>Sounds like the calling of a pretentious bulldyke to meAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com