If "women want a huge wedding and men want to elope" then why am I (who wishes to elope) having a huge wedding to accomodate my husband-to-be? Why did my best friend have to accomodate her husbands wedding wishes, when she just wanted to get married in the courthouse. And I am certain some male friend has called me an asshole at some point. And last night I sat on mike's hand and farted.
Obviously, your stereotpyes dont' apply to everyone. Thats because they are stereotypes - they aren't based in genetics. They are cultural norms that folks seem to follow.
Doesnt' mean we have to follow them, nor does it mean they apply to everyone.
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry C. Lyons
To: CF-Community
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: You People
At 11:50 AM 11/18/2003, you wrote:
>The basic physiological and mental differences between men and women
>prevent this from happening. It's like asking why women want a huge
>wedding when they get married and men want to elope. Have you ever seen a
>man call a woman an "asshole" as a joke? I do that with my buddies all the
>time. When was the last time you saw a woman ask a man to "pull my
>finger"? The differences prevent these sorts of things from happening,
>most of the time.
Mental Differences? I assume you mean cultural. I hope you mean cultural or
there are several women on this list that are going to have your skull as a
drinking cup.
larry
>- Matt Small
>
>----- Original Message -----
> From: Robyn Follen
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:32 AM
> Subject: RE: You People
>
> What's stopping people from abusing heterosexual marriage for the same
> purposes?
>
> -Robyn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:24 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: You People
>
> I'm not sure this is guilt some much as my stupid-people sense kicking
> in. I mean, I'm not rapidly opposed to the idea, I can just see
> situations where it might be put to bad use.
>
> Soemthing strikes me as odd when two guys could watch the Red Sox play a
> 1:00 game, get wasted on Schlitz, and end up at a county courthouse
> later that day with the full legal right to get married. That's not
> catholic guilt, that's a joke people were telling back in the 50s.
>
> Or a fraternity could use it as a hazing ritual, getting all the plebes
> married off to one another. I have seen this done in mock fashion, and I
> know people who would have made kids go all the way (and kids who would
> have).
>
> Or a gang thing where you have to prove how hardcore you are.
>
> Imagine if downtrodden men were marrying themselves off to help
> immigrants get citizenship. Panhandlers will beat themselves up with
> sticks for a $20, why not marriage?
>
> It just strikes me as running counter to the stated aims of the
> instituion of marriage, to bring social and financial stablity to a
> country. People could easily abuse this for short-term gain, amusement,
> status, etc. The bar would need to be set fairly high in order to avoid
> the problems that go along with it.
>
> M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:05 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: You People
>
> >I blame the Liberals on this list for derailing my train of thought.
> >Nobody ever talk about same sex marriage again, it gives me the
> willies.
>
> That's just your catholic guilt reflex kicking in man. You'll get over
> it
> :)
>
> Tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:05 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: You People
>
> I had something important I was going to respond to, where someone asked
> a question and didn't get a response. I had it all thought out and was
> getting ready to put it to email, when someone asked me something about
> stylesheets here in the office. I helped him out, then that thread about
> Massachusetts came up and I had to post something dumb.
>
> Now I can't remember what I was going to say, or who I was going to
> respond to. I looked through all the messages (handily sorted by
> Microsoft Outlook 2003, the best email editor there is or ever will be)
> and realized I cannot find what I was going to respond to.
>
> ...
>
> I blame the Liberals on this list for derailing my train of thought.
> Nobody ever talk about same sex marriage again, it gives me the willies.
>
> M
> _____
>
> _____
>
>
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