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Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the scapegoating of Femininity
Written by Julia Serano
Hey girls, have you heard? It is now scientifically proven that hair clips are dangerous! Just as bracelets and similar Knick-knacks. That is a fact. And do not be fooled by a hard-boiled macho, who says that "girlish" is boring and frivolous, because this is merely posturing. For as soon as you ask him to keep your handbag short, he will squirm as if your bag would be full of worms and will they keep as far away from his body as possible. This is because "girlish" from this material is that which corresponds to the sexual equivalent of kryptonite.
's true. Just look the fathers who are in a Hello Kitty shop around petrified - like a deer in the headlights. Or as a young person buys his girlfriend flowers and yet so uninterested in doing as possible, the florist when a dozen "something" would like. Therefore, they also buy more roses, and therefore have always engagement rings diamonds. Such things are not romantic, it's clichés - the only flowers and Juwelenart which most men will admit to knowing them. And God forbid that you ever ask your husband, you bring a pack of tampons. (And men, it is true, the cashiers are really thinking, do you buy for yourselves)
"girlish" is dangerous and I should know, because I am a secret double agent. Look, I lived for most of my life as a boy and I have inside information directly from the men's toilets and student residences. Hell, I even used to be at a bachelor party and therefore knows this from first hand. And I have a battle plan for the absolute equality of the sexes, but you have to trust me on this one. So, feminists made sure that it's okay, girls discover that the world of boys. But true equality will only come when boys learn, girlish liking.
So, here's the deal: If you want that your friend treats you with respect, then tell him you'll only sleep with him when he starts in the hair barrettes to wear. I'm not talking like that he does this secretly at home, but the fact that he wears at work. And next time he buys a pair of shoes, take care that there are pumps or ballet flats, best to top with a small loop on it. For as soon as he realized the pure happiness that can give you to wear a dolled-, pink-quality, poofy party dress, he will perhaps last a little more relaxed and detached from the uptight, male pride. And who knows, if he takes down his shield, he will look around and realize that by not turning the world around him so.
You might think it was funny, but it is not a joke. "Girlish" is dangerous so let's use this to our advantage. We really can change the world! For if man were construction workers enough to wear skirts and high-heels, they were not the women behind whistle. If anti-women's rockers and rappers would be enough to cry a tear while suppressing film, they did not have to masturbate on her microphone. If presidents and generals man enough lip gloss and mascara would be borne, they would not constantly have to prove their penis size, by challenging all the time wars. Because the male pride is not really proud of. There is fear, fear to be regarded as feminine. And that is "girlish" as dangerous and as long as men are mortal fear, they will continue to miss the rest of us.
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I can only applaud this easy and I think it might indeed be the way it says Julia Serano in the last sentences and that should give us all quite a bit to think!
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