I snigger over the implication that all boys would grow up gay if not for parental and societal support.
Yes, and if your child is gay it's all your fault.
Murk: But you're a God! The Sacred Glorificus! Glory: I'm a God in exile. Far from the Hellfires of Home and sharing my body with an enemy that stabs my boys in their fleshy little stomachs!
'Dirty Girls'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Aug 12, 2005 5:48:59 am PDT #7648 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tommyrot - Aug 12, 2005 5:56:34 am PDT #7649 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Fred Pete - Aug 12, 2005 5:58:01 am PDT #7650 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Yes, apparently FotF believes that being straight is a choice....
From one of Tommy's links:
but it looks like the real comedy gold in Dobson's newsletter involves his proposed cure for the gender-confused young son:
[T]he boy's father has to do his part.... He can even take his son with him into the shower, where the boy cannot help but notice that Dad has a penis, just like his, only bigger.
That's right. Want your kid to grow up straight? Put him in an environment where he "cannot help but notice" other penises. Works every time.
To me, this sounds dangerously close to promoting pedophilia.
Steph L. - Aug 12, 2005 6:01:30 am PDT #7651 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
This is the part I particularly like:
Recognize that most homosexuals “were not explicitly [so] when they were children. More often, they displayed a ‘nonmasculinity’ that set them painfully apart from other boys: unathletic — somewhat passive, unaggressive and uninterested in rough-and-tumble play. A number of them had traits that could be considered gifts: bright, precocious, social and relational, and artistically talented.”
Folks, if your son isn't as dumb as a box of hair -- you got a "funny" one. If he's not antisocial -- he's probably wearing a dress.
I need to e-mail my newlywed bro and tell him he's gay. (Though, knowing him, he'd e-mail back and say "Well, DUH!")
Jesse - Aug 12, 2005 6:03:53 am PDT #7652 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
All the great artists and thinkers were wussy and gay, weren't they?
tommyrot - Aug 12, 2005 6:06:19 am PDT #7653 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
All the great artists and thinkers were wussy and gay, weren't they?
They didn't see enough penises when they were children.
Jesse - Aug 12, 2005 6:08:17 am PDT #7654 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
They didn't see enough penises when they were children.
Yeah, that's clearly Michelanglo's problem. Or Picasso.
erikaj - Aug 12, 2005 6:10:29 am PDT #7655 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
My friend is going to so love me posting that...it must be "Erika embarrasses the men she's close to week." Sorry, y'all. I just thought it was funny. The Bell Jar is about women, but I wouldn't call it girly. Not like Colette or Jane Austen, anyway(though I think they are FG)
Kat - Aug 12, 2005 6:12:53 am PDT #7656 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Pretty freaking cool, except mosquitoes.
Also cool because of the ruins.
brenda m - Aug 12, 2005 6:14:05 am PDT #7657 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
[T]he boy's father has to do his part.... He can even take his son with him into the shower, where the boy cannot help but notice that Dad has a penis, just like his, only bigger.
That's right. Want your kid to grow up straight? Put him in an environment where he "cannot help but notice" other penises. Works every time.
To me, this sounds dangerously close to promoting pedophilia.
I'm not sure I think it's that, but I'm kind of mystified how they think this is supposed to work.