Brace yourselves

[pasithea]

I'm sure there will be widespread panic in the heterosexual community over this:

http://children.webmd.com/news/20091116/phthalates-affect-way-young-boys-play

They'll probably try to do away with plastic toys for kids and return them to the days where kids play with sharp jagged bits of metal (as it should be)


Oh... Also... 145 is a pretty statistically small number for such an arbitrary behavior set. Seriously, 'play with trucks' is a marker of masculinity? That would imply that until the last part of the 19th century, all men were too 'feminine' right?


Also, I can't help but think that 'don't play like boys' means that they're less assholish. OMG MY CHILD ISN'T BURNING ANTS WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS! WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIM!?!?!?!?

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[yetanotherbob.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if my post was going to come off wrong. And I suppose it did. Sorry about that.

I was splitting hairs, in that I do not think of heteros as having a hetero-defined community in the same way there's the GLBT community. There's no support network or any real kinship. Where there is kinship between heteros, it's not because they're hetero in and of itself, but of some other common trait. There wouldn't be any panic amongst a heterosexual community because there is no community there. However, panic amongst communities that are heterosexual and homophobic, be they religious or regional, would be interesting. That was the intended jest.

Whether or not my distinction really matters, however, you've rightfully pointed out as facile and not really relevant, so consider it retracted.

As for orientation, I'm reminded of Kevin Smith's quote, "Ma'am, I'm still not sure [if I'm straight]. And I've got a wife and child, how irresponsible is that?"