ARRRGHHHH!!!!!!... Revisited

I am revisiting this post because I don't feel right about it. Also I got a second opinion and as I suspected I was told it is good to express anger but I shouldn't have left out so much information as to why I was angry and what it was exactly that set me off. So I'm going to endeavor to do that.

It's all about having “buttons” that can be pushed. Those niggling psychological remnants of a “not so pleasant” upbringing that are still attached to the survival instincts. I thought I had almost all of mine dealt with and gone so just when I relaxed my guard... push... and I'm off and ready to rant.

Now the easy part. I will direct you to the two blog postings that directly set me off. First check out “Male nipples and round ligaments of the uterus”. If you don't feel like it I will post the relevant bits here but check out "Anatomy Notes" just for yourself it's very interesting.

At 4/22/2006 10:14 PM, Urban Shaman said...

“Firstly love your blog. Secondly I was watching a documentry that said that essentially we default to female as a species. When the hormone cocktale that creates males fails to take, these would be males become infertile females with the Y chromosone. So I guess we have nipples so we could revert to females at the last minute even if an infertile one. Does that work for you?”

At 4/23/2006 10:13 PM, Brad said...

“Sounds like you're talking about androgen insensitivity syndrome, a genetic condition in which a genetically male fetus doesn't respond to the male hormones that it produces during development, and therefore ends up developing as a female, at least externally. Internally, these intersex individuals don't have fallopian tubes or a uterus; the vagina ends in a blind pouch.

Do men have nipples so that people with androgen sensitivity syndrome can look more like normal females? I doubt it, but I'm not sure how you'd go about proving it one way or the other....”

I interpreted “I doubt it, but I'm not sure how you'd go about proving it one way or the other....” to mean “Don't be a stupid idiot!” Given the spelling mistakes and the way I phrased it I wouldn't have been surprised if that had been the correct interpretation. You will see why I reacted that way later on in this post.

Now check out "The Gospel of Judas". Despite what I write next check out "Critical Vision" It is also a good blog.

I'm not sure what to say about what set me off on this one. The whole tone just seems regurgitated from the works of others who seem to like to “play” at intelligence. It's hard to define what I mean by that. For me this posting is the intellectual equivalent of saying, “All black people have rhythm,” or “Men are intelligent while women are cunning.” These things aren't true but they seem to have been commonly held beliefs. I feel the author's expressions in this post suffer from that same weakness in logic.

I am unsatisfied by this but I don't know where else to go with it without writing an essay. Perhaps I will take up essay writing in the future. Hmm. Sounds like a real plan.

Now for the hard part. Aside from a few elements from my past still linked to my survival instincts I have put the past behind me or more accurately, “I have learned what it had to teach me and I'm moving on.” I'm not lying about the inner peace thing.

I will say this. Have you ever had a good friend's mother take you aside and seriously ask you if you engage in sex with animals? I have. Still want to read on? I'll tell you now, the answer is no. I don't have sex with animals. That question came a year after I had just finished peeing behind a snow bank and a small dog ran past me as I walked around the snow bank adjusting my zipper. One of my friends asked jokingly, “Were you having sex with that dog?” I sarcastically answered, “Yes and I own an inflatable poodle that I keep under my bed.” I can only imagine what people were saying that year when I wasn't around.

I mention that to illustrate that even the people who know me best think of me as so unpredictable that they feel they can't predict my behavior no matter how preposterous the act might be.

Having written that, I think to myself, “If that doesn't illustrate how people have grossly misread my intentions and cast dispersions on me in the past I'm not sure what would.” Just imagine, if someone who has my best interest at heart can feel the need to ask that question of me, imagine what people who don't have my best interest at heart have done. Worst the woman who asked me that question was opened minded and free thinking and believed in asking questions before passing judgment. So imagine how my not so open minded, “shoot first” ask questions later parents have reacted to me? Think about it. I'll given you a hint: I didn't have a very pleasant childhood.

Anyway. I think that will be all I say on the subject and I promise in the future that when I spout off about things I don't like I will diligently note it and explain clearly the issue I take with it or I won't bother to blog about it at all.

Once again thanks for reading.