"What would I do with a million dollars? Two chicks at once, man."
Posted on 10/04/2004 7:31:17 AM PDT by dead
Nadine Davidoff has had enough of men assuming that what gay women really want is a bloke.
When you see two girls walking down the street arm in arm there are a few of safe assumptions you could make about the scene; either the girls are friends or they are gay - they could even be partners. However, a certain subset of heterosexual men inexplicably arrive at a completely different conclusion: that the girls are putting on this display for their benefit and that they secretly want the men to join in the fun.
Who knows where this misconception comes from? Centuries of male privilege perhaps; a notion that everything in this world is created for their enjoyment? But this is the post-feminist age and men have long since ceased to be our supreme rulers. Which poses the question: what part of the word "gay" do these men not understand?
We are not helped, of course, by the likes of Madonna and Britney Spears, who recently engaged in a tongue-twister for precisely the purpose of revving up heterosexual men. I am sure they enjoyed themselves (well, Britney surely did) but did they realise that this wanton publicity stunt trivialises and misrepresents every genuine display of affection between lesbian women?
A case in point; one warm Sunday afternoon, I was walking along Bondi Beach hand-in-hand with my girlfriend. Deep in conversation, we suddenly became aware of a fat, hairy man barrelling towards us with his arms outstretched. "How 'bout a threesome ladies?" he leered as he attempted to enfold us in a group hug. It didn't take us very long to come up with an appropriate response to this invasion, and we promptly told the fool to bugger off. But sometimes, it's a little bit more tricky.
For example, my girlfriend dropped me off at yoga one evening, and as we parted, she gave me a quick kiss goodbye. "Nice kiss, girls," drawled a male member of the class as he stepped into the room. As I followed him into a quiet candlelit studio with members of the class already deep into their postures, it didn't seem quite right to ruin the serenity with a loud four-letter word.
It does help though, to have your mother on hand. Strolling past Ravesi's in Bondi one hot afternoon (yes, hand-in-hand with my girl) the hairy boofheads spilling out of every open window could not contain their excitement, and proceeded to hassle us with catcalls and whistles. By now, quite used to this graceless display, we walked blithely on. Not so my mother, for whom this was a new experience. "What's wrong with you all?" she scolded as she turned to face them. "They're not doing it for your benefit."
I have never seen a bunch of men sink faster into their beers. Clearly, if there's one thing heterosexual men are still afraid of, it's their mothers.
let me addendum that by stating that some of these behaviors only show up in mentally damaged humans.
It's kind of hard to say what 'natural' means isn't it? But that vaguely defined new-agey word seems to have reached an ascendancy over more prosaic and scientific words like 'historically.'
Completely agree, but I live a block away from what was until recently an all-girls private college of about 3000 students. I know TONS of lesbian couples who uh.. looked like women :).
I think it was kind of a phase for most of them, but still was kinda hot. My brother actually married an ex-lesbian from that school, and her partner was the maid of honor (she was engaged to a boyfriend of her own at the time).
I should add that I'm a college student... not some old perv hanging around an all-girls school for kicks :).
"Define "natural". There are plenties of species that practice rape."
Name them, please. And be sure to name more than a couple, since you said "plenties[sic] of species."
"What would I do with a million dollars? Two chicks at once, man."
What insenstive lesbians to these men who want a threesome. The men should yell hate crime(sarcasm)
Sounds like this dyke has no sense of humor, she needs to lighten up learn to handle a ribbing.
I guess on a up note if any woman who has a man and her best friend is a lesbian then she has no worry that her man will cheat and sleep with her best friend.
Yeah, the word is often used in a supportive way in argument - something is okay and understandable because it is natural. But "natural," used in that sense, can be used to describe anything that occurs in nature.
I wonder if the people who think rape is natural (because it occurs in nature) would be willing to say that male gay sex or bestiality is also natural because it occurs.
When was the last time you saw adult heteros do that?
Frequently. I can't stand public foreplay from anyone, be it straight or gay.
"Like lions?"
Male lions only mate with females which are part of their pride. The choice to join the pride is that of the female. When in heat, the female accommodates the male, but only the dominant male of her pride. Other males in the pride are NOT accepted by the female, without driving the dominant male away.
Bad example.
"One stereotypical dysfunctional marriage is the assertive wife and submissive husband. He is miserable, she doesn't respect him. "
Ditto vice versa, though. Assertive Husband and submissive wife. She's miserable and he doesn't respect her. Either way it's wrong. Difference is that HE may have the final say on some matters (SOME matters). However, if HE makes HER feel submissive, at least in MY house, HE is history.
I didn't pick him because he's bigger. I picked him because he's WARMER.
My feet get cold.
Went to Ham's one evening in Chapel Hill prior to going to a REM (yeah I know) concert. Two rather portly women are engaged in a lip lock embrace in the foyer area of Ham's. I turned to my wive's friends that were going to the concert with us (and very liberal mind you) and said loudly questioning her friends so the two chicks could hear ..."Hey...I thought you all had parades for this kinda stuff." We left.
I would rather put it morally void humans.
I know mentally damaged or unbalanced humans however you want to put it that have outstanding moral lives.
You've gotta be kidding.
I don't know. What possible phenomena can occur that can be called unnatural? 'Natural' is as meaningless as 'organic.'
I disagree with that.
Males get turned on by watching two women. Pornography bears me out. Frankly I don't understand how watching two females getting it on, could be a turn on or pictures of it.
Only a few? ;D
"Rape, however, is natural in the human. That's why every religion preaches against it and every code of law mentions it. If it was unnatural (and thus rare) it wouldn't get any attention at all."
Interesting. Let's take a look at your sentence with a substition of a single word:
Homosexuality, however, is natural in the human. That's why every religion preaches against it and every code of law mentions it. If it was unnatural (and thus rare) it wouldn't get any attention at all.
Natural is a much-overused word in these contexts.
"I'm a lesbian in a man's body...."
:)
Yeah ... and I'll sell you the White House!
It's always refreshing to see males being males!
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