January 4, 2009 at 7:xxam
I don't know if the term "butch" is a derogatory term for some or not in the homosexual community.
But you have to know that in SOME society if a person has hair down to their waist and it is cut to the shoulders, it is
considered "butchered". However, shaving the head in a military unit is definitely an advantage whether some
considered it "shorn" or not.
I have cut my hair awfully short at some periods in my life and caused a lot of shock and outrage in some quarters but I
certainly was NOT entertaining any homosexual tendencies! Looks can be deceiving. However, in some cases, they can
be everything they appear to be.
Personally, I think ALL fashion should be FUNCTIONAL and beauty incorporated. But others seems to disregard
functional when it pertains to women's fashion. Sometimes I think the things that society ACCEPTS and encourages us
to wear (and be considered beautiful) is just some form of hatred or just down right TORTURE of females.
I could be wrong but just THINK of some of the apparel that has been considered "fashionable" down through the ages.
Of course, men may have their complaints, too. But I am sure they are not as many as females.
Last note on the story line in the movie regarding the "shorn" woman: How can you work "assumed" sexual preferences
and possible rejection of society, religion and etc., into the final analysis of the movie?
Of course, do not necessarily think that at all "shorn" individuals are gay or that they are having some kind of sexual
relationship with other individuals in close contact to them
Do all straight individuals have relationships with EVERY straight person THEY meet?
But what if a sexual liaison did occur or was about to occur and THEN the "shorn" individual is "discarded (killed?) with
the door slammed in their face (like Sodom and Gomorrah.) and the "fake" goes back to her man!
"and YOU want to believe in a God like THAT? What is WRONG with YOU?"
The Arts is about self-expression (or SOME kind of expression) and this movie is just as good as any! I welcome the
expression!
I smile and even laugh at some point but I am sure it is not "delightful" if it is occurring in "real life. It is just amazing how it
is expressed sometimes IF that was the intention.
I know that I definitely need to see the movie over, though.
Anyone who has ever been (or is) in a tightly regulated sexual environment, (which could mean many things depending
on your sexual inclination and how legal they are....smile)
should be able to understand some of the problems and "solutions" that gay individuals face without having the slightest
inclination of being homosexual, though.
Love and DEFINITELY lust makes up all kinds of solutions and "options" and some can appear kinda weird if not
downright crazy.
Such understanding individuals/couples understanding of the homosexual plights could come
from different socio-economic backgrounds,
lived in a society where the rule of "NO sex....NO NOTHING...........before marriage or you are "KILT" OR else "WHERE is
that rifle?",
from different racial backgrounds,
from different cultures
and my god, let us not forget: from DIFFERENT RELIGIONS!
There would be NO other connection for such individuals understanding the plight of homosexual (especially where it is
a crime) other than an environment with similar restrictions. Not the least bit of inclination to engage in a committed
homosexual relationship. I write that because I hear some folks will do anything with anyone or any THING! But such
"restricted" individuals (which some may call downright SINFUL!) just have sympathy for gay's inability to express
themselves freely and understand their attempts to do. I guess it could develop into a problem. But the desire and
EFFORTS to connect sexually with a "forbidden fruit" is NOT crazy. Not stupid. Just efforts to develop a new language
and maybe a NEW world for a new and developing situation that definitely can NOT be discussed freely with others!
Like relationships don't have ENOUGH problems without any of the above. Whew! I say everyone need the Lord in ALL
their relationships.
Sad, huh? That some people are so isolated and then are isolated and ridiculed even more because of their feeble
attempts to connect. It can get really "crazy" and if real love is involved it can get REALLY crazy because we ALL know
that NOTHING is crazier is the passion real love in its FIRST stages. Especially with SOME highly sexed people. Not
crazy. Not weird. Just hormones! Hold your tranquilizers for those who really need them because,thankfully, all that
sexual heat passes, too, into something more manageable.
Or don't you folks KNOW that? Once upon a time, homosexuality itself was considered a mental illness and I suspect
SPECIFICALLY for those "unique" ways of finding workable solutions for their sexual "plight". Nowadays folks are more
inclined to believe those who think they have some kind of problem to have the REAL problem. "You think I have a
problem because I have to find out unique ways to solve problems that YOU and SOCIETY cause FOR me EVERY
SINGLE DAY? I THINK NOT! YOU have the problem! NOT ME!) This is leaving out the religious question, which may call
it a sin and not a mental illness. That is an entirely different discussion.
Enough of my thoughts about the butch haircut! It is such OLD news that I can barely find the interest to write about it. I
just assume some people know such things.
Don't assume a person is gay because they are close friends with a gay person of the same sex. Gosh. If you overheard
me talking to a space alien would you automatically assume I was a space alien?
And don't let your REAL gay friends be isolated like that so they can be subjected to tactics of homophobs even more.
Old tricks.
Of course, if you are being abused by a gay friend, DESPITE their reasons, abandon the relationship. You are not
obligated to be friends with someone just to prove you are "gay friendly".