Saturday, May 06, 2006

Vaginas Are Such A Bother

In terms of the books that are aimed at you if you have one, I mean.

I have no interest in vaginas; they're just not my thing. That doesn't mean that if you have one that you're "less," though. Far from it. Unfortunately, not all of my gay brethren are so enlightened. But despite some good-natured ribbing of my female friends about "yeasty vaginas," I am not (or at least I like to think I'm not) a queer misogynist.

(Via Bookslut)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You're not a queer misogynist; you're just honest. :-P We all know you're joking when you make your "yeasty vagina" remarks, or write the occasional "yeasty vagina" poem. Besides, you rarely do it. There was really only that one intense week of remarks during which you wrote the poem. It was all worth it in the end to see the flames shoot out of Ghoulia's ass. :-D

I think there are "as many reasons as colors in the rainbow" for queer misogyny/misandry. Sometimes it's just the need to assert yourself, or distance yourself. The whole ... "I'm so gay vaginas and breasts make me puke" scenario. It's the same thing as lesbian misandry, and often times it's not about actual hatred of women/men, but rather about personal feelings of inadequacy. Most of the time, though, it's just guys/girls being assholes. :-P

p.s.

You need to e-mail me either your password, or your blog template so I can look the HTML/CSS over.

Maxine Clarke said...

Well I suppose nobody can choose their equipment?
interesting to read the post you link to, as how can anyone know what gay men get up to when they are in a group, unless one is one?
I had not been aware of such mysogeny, but then as I am not a gay man, to paraphrase Christine Keeler, I wouldn't, would I?