Even though, Allison was always more interested in masculine
things growing up, rather than feminine things, I do not believe she ever actually
wanted to be a man. I think she was proud
to be a woman even though she was interested in more masculine things. I think
this is an interesting and empowering view, just because she was interested in masculine
things I do not think this should label someone as wanting to be that gender,
or even being bi, or gay. I think it is a simple matter of interests, and being
more interested in something that men generally are interested in should classify
what a person is. This is one thing I kind of disagreed with, is how Allison started
to realize she was gay. I do not think it should have been all the small things
she liked for example, dressing in her dads clothes, that made her realize she
was gay. She should have realized that when she felt attracted to another woman,
not by her interests. I just don’t think
those stereotypes are always true, and drawing conclusions on them seems kind
of…wrong.
This is a video I think is well
suited for this post. It’s about a girl that dressed up as a man for over a
year and then wrote a book about her experience.
Nice link Luke, it's always interesting to see how the life of men and women can vary, and how that woman took it on herself to find out. It's kind of funny how ladies still were interested in her even though they found out she was a woman, I really doubt that would happen if it were the other way around.
ReplyDeleteI both agree and disagree with what you said as well. I understand that yes, there are clearly bigger factors that played into Alison's sexuality, but since she realized she was gay so young (at 19) she may not have had a whole lot of real sexual experience that would have made it very clear to her. The little things build up to the bigger things I suppose? So it all comes out as important.
This article gives some insight into children who show 'homosexual tendencies' at a young age and some stories about kids who were bullied/committed suicide over allegedly being gay. It explains to parents how they can show love to their children regardless of sexuality and how children pretending to be the opposite sex does not equal homosexuality. Goes hand in hand with your argument!