tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post5698816439501412385..comments2023-09-26T05:14:02.611-04:00Comments on o filthy grandeur!: When gender is enforcedFilthyGrandeurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08939478425921080818noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post-84581296544027421092009-09-10T04:27:12.595-04:002009-09-10T04:27:12.595-04:00Your title When Gender is Enforced is spot on. And...Your title <i>When Gender is Enforced</i> is spot on. And popular magazines are a key component of the Gender Role Enforcement Police, constantly telling us what we must look like, act like, desire and be interested in in order to be accepted as Real Women, and therefore deserving of taking up space on the planet. Clearly, if Semenya had only known her place, i.e., worn the right girly clothes, make-up and hair styles, said the right girly things, acted the right girly way, she would have been permitted to participate in sports with the other girls-who-have-sufficiently-proven-their-girlishness by their deference to the proper standards, and none of this unpleasantness need have occurred. Naturally, as a black woman, she is expected to try even harder to meet the standard or Real Womanhood, since it is based on what a white woman "should" look, act, dress like, and as for the rest of you - well, if you think you can manage it, being as we are a broad-minded bunch here at the GREP, we will allow you to attempt it.<br /><br />I hope Ms. Semenya, as she grows into adulthood, is able to find whatever styles of expression truly suit her and make her happy and comfortable with herself without regard to all these forces that aren't interested in her personal well-being, but only in enforcing The Way Things Ought To Be.Maudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post-54278741700976007332009-09-09T15:37:50.669-04:002009-09-09T15:37:50.669-04:00that is why i try to read a variety of blogs, sinc...that is why i try to read a variety of blogs, since my issues are only as a woman. i realize i have white, cisgender, straight, able-bodied privilege, so i read about other people's struggles to confront that privilege. it's sometimes easier to ignore what other people go through, but i have to remind myself that the easier path accomplishes nothing.<br /><br />oh man, i turned this into a lecture. lol. sorry.FilthyGrandeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08939478425921080818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post-41431103143534693092009-09-09T15:23:18.607-04:002009-09-09T15:23:18.607-04:00This is inane. The term "threatening athletic...This is inane. The term "threatening athleticism" makes my mind expand a bit more. I love learning stuff like this. Sometimes as a black man you want absorb all of your own issues and sometimes ignore everyone else's. Not that I truly do that, but there is a tendency.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008854814280963268noreply@blogger.com