Oh Suzanne Venker. We can't quit you. Of course it is no surprise that Phyllis Schlafly's niece would be a dream come true for the likes of yr Wonkette. She's explained to us how ladies aren't lady enough anymore , and that makes mens sad. She writes a near-constant stream of frothy nonsense for Fox and National Review. She maintains a self-aggrandizing website where she has a
Well, in Fox's case, they probably haven't changed their thoughts since the last time they had their diaper changed. Decades before, even, in the case of a certain Senator from Louisiana.
Not <em>quite</em> &quot;absolutely nothing&quot; - <a href="http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/opinion\/ci_22544451\/gender-differences-kids-show-up-early-toys-they" target="_blank">about half</a> of boys who play with toys traditionally thought of as being girls&#039; toys do grow up to be gay. Which also means half don&#039;t, but that&#039;s a very different ratio than the population at large. Also, plenty of boys grow up liking toy guns and trucks and become gay. In other words, while not absolutely nothing, certainly not enough to form conclusions in individual cases.
With girls it means very close to absolutely nothing - there&#039;s almost no correlation at all between toy choice and adult sexuality.
&quot;For God&#039;s sake let it flow&quot;
This is actually really great advice, if taken to mean the exact opposite of how Venker intended it. In other words, let your kids play with the toys they show interest in, not Venker&#039;s preconceived notions about what toys they should be interested in based only on what&#039;s between their legs.
In many cases the two will be the same, in quite a few they won&#039;t. The biggest difference your decision on whether or not to encourage your child&#039;s natural toy choices isn&#039;t going to be their adult sexual orientation, it&#039;s going to be whether their childhood is joyful or miserable.
Of course, people like Venker probably think that t3h gh3ys <em>deserve</em> a miserable childhood for being so icky.
Sounds to me as if someone&#039;s taken an introductory course in mathematical logic, and failed to appreciate that, while mathematicians use &quot;equality&quot; to mean &quot;identity&quot;, they don&#039;t expect everyone else to do the same. It&#039;s not an accident that Humpty Dumpty&#039;s line &quot;When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean&quot; was written by a mathematician. You would not believe what &quot;normal&quot; means in mathematics.
Here&#039;s an old fashioned idea for Suzanne Venker (via Kinky Friedman)
<i>You uppity women I don&#039;t understand Why you gotta go and try to act like a man, But before you make your weekly visit to the shrink You&#039;d better occupy the kitchen, liberate the sink.
Get your biscuits in the oven and your buns in the bed That&#039;s what I to my baby said, Women&#039;s liberation is a-going to your head, Get your biscuits in the oven and your buns in the bed.
Well, in Fox&#039;s case, they probably haven&#039;t changed their thoughts since the last time they had their diaper changed. Decades before, even, in the case of a certain Senator from Louisiana.
Especially when the chore list reads: &quot;Go to work: Husband. Everything else: Wife&quot;
Not <em>quite</em> &quot;absolutely nothing&quot; - <a href="http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/opinion\/ci_22544451\/gender-differences-kids-show-up-early-toys-they" target="_blank">about half</a> of boys who play with toys traditionally thought of as being girls&#039; toys do grow up to be gay. Which also means half don&#039;t, but that&#039;s a very different ratio than the population at large. Also, plenty of boys grow up liking toy guns and trucks and become gay. In other words, while not absolutely nothing, certainly not enough to form conclusions in individual cases.
With girls it means very close to absolutely nothing - there&#039;s almost no correlation at all between toy choice and adult sexuality.
&quot;For God&#039;s sake let it flow&quot;
This is actually really great advice, if taken to mean the exact opposite of how Venker intended it. In other words, let your kids play with the toys they show interest in, not Venker&#039;s preconceived notions about what toys they should be interested in based only on what&#039;s between their legs.
In many cases the two will be the same, in quite a few they won&#039;t. The biggest difference your decision on whether or not to encourage your child&#039;s natural toy choices isn&#039;t going to be their adult sexual orientation, it&#039;s going to be whether their childhood is joyful or miserable.
Of course, people like Venker probably think that t3h gh3ys <em>deserve</em> a miserable childhood for being so icky.
Sounds to me as if someone&#039;s taken an introductory course in mathematical logic, and failed to appreciate that, while mathematicians use &quot;equality&quot; to mean &quot;identity&quot;, they don&#039;t expect everyone else to do the same. It&#039;s not an accident that Humpty Dumpty&#039;s line &quot;When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean&quot; was written by a mathematician. You would not believe what &quot;normal&quot; means in mathematics.
It&#039;s even more depressing when people who can&#039;t write get paid to write.
Coset libel!
Or, you know, lesbianism.
How tight are the pants?
Here&#039;s an old fashioned idea for Suzanne Venker (via Kinky Friedman)
<i>You uppity women I don&#039;t understand Why you gotta go and try to act like a man, But before you make your weekly visit to the shrink You&#039;d better occupy the kitchen, liberate the sink.
Get your biscuits in the oven and your buns in the bed That&#039;s what I to my baby said, Women&#039;s liberation is a-going to your head, Get your biscuits in the oven and your buns in the bed.
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let it flow
I had a friend who used to say that her Aunt Flo was coming on a particular date each month. Is this the same thing?
IOKIYAR
And this twit is a writer no less.
Who&#039;s the ugly chick in the middle?
&quot;whom does more on the home front&quot; Oh for fuck&#039;s sake. Learn your grammar, woman.
<i>Today, men and women have no idea who&rsquo;s supposed to do what.</i>
Speak for yourself MINLF. I know EXACTLY what I&#039;m supposed to do. Because I have someone in my life who tells me.