Infantalism 2: masculinity, gender, sexual orientation

Jesus Christ, can we just fucking give this shit up already? I don't give a flying fuck what colors you like, or how much weight you can lift off your chest, or how easily you can render somebody unconscious with your fist. I don't care what kinds of organs you like to put in your mouth or anus. These things have absolutely no bearing on whether or not someone is fun to hang around or is a good person.

I'm not saying that toughness and physical prowess are useless. They're not. But insofar as they are mildly useful, they're just as useful for women as they are for men! Fixing cars and building houses and operating big equipment are all useful skills, which we should admire, but there's nothing about having a dick that makes us more qualified for them than anyone else. I'm certainly not. I consider myself fairly gender-neutral. I can't fight or build shit, and I don't like jumping off high things, but neither do I like fashion or "pretty" shit.

So, goddamnit, I'm gonna drink my fruity pink drink if I goddamn well feel like it. And I'm going to go ahead and say that ultimate blasphemy for the American male: professional sports are about as important to me as the color of my underpants.

Let me be really clear. I'm not taking the "male feminist" approach that says that being tough is always harmful, and that all men should be more open and loving and caring. I think both sides of our nature are useful in certain situations and harmful in other situations. But I AM saying that neither sex has any more claim to one than the other, and therefore a member of one sex should not be punished for expressing the characteristics that "belong" to the other.

Gender roles are an annoying but not-incredibly-harmful aspect of our culture (notwithstanding the brave gay folks who face violence and persecution in schools all across the country). In some countries, though, this shit will get you killed...by the government.

It's retarded. It's juvenile. It's infantile. Let's give it a fuckin rest, shall we?