Has this "how to raise straight boys / how to keep women womenly and feminine and non-sporty" thing always been around but we're seeing more of it now because of the internet? Or is getting worse in the last decade? And if it is getting worse, is it a reaction against the increasing acceptance of homosexuality and feminist values (even if few women call themselves feminist) or is our culture truley lurching towards conservative Christian values?
I agree with Cindy. All of the above. I rarely heard these really wacky ideas before the mid 90's, and I think they really ARE getting more common--but they're also magnified and exaggerated by the fact any nutjob can get a webpage.
While I was reading the anti-sports article, Annabel cruised by, looked at the pictures of the women athletes, and grinned. Good kid we've got.
would anyone be willing to take a look at the talk I have to give next Friday?
What's the file size and format? I'm on dial-up and have a PowerPoint reader app. but haven't used it in a while, I dunno if it is compatible with the current version.
So, my cold has dried up. Which is great! But now my nose, instead of gushing like the Nile in flood, is dried up like the Sahara. It is sore and red and scaly like a lizard.
I miss my normal nose.
Ow. OWWW.
But I have chocolate-covered cherries. And I can breathe again.
I rarely heard these really wacky ideas before the mid 90's, and I think they really ARE getting more common--but they're also magnified and exaggerated by the fact any nutjob can get a webpage.
Actually my article came from Foundation for the Family, so it's not just from any nutjob.
What's the file size and format?
It's nearly nine megs, and it's a PowerPoint XP file.
I'd better skip the visuals then, but I'd like to read the text.
I'll give it a try tomorrow at work, P-C. I'm not sure I'll be able to open everything, but that's when I have time.
Actually my article came from Foundation for the Family, so it's not just from any nutjob.
True. What I'm saying is that there's more than one factor involved. Some of it really is the conservatives getting more conservative. But some of it is Bob, who always had crazy ideas, now gets to air them for the world to see instead of just blathering on about them at the Wednesday night Bible study and annoying the people who are stuck with him IRL.
Argh! Scary, but true.
Of course, me and livejournal? Completely different. La, la, pyramids.
"Austen". It's the Law: always one misspelling in a snark.
Damn. This is so true for me. I get so rushed to snark I always miss the easy misspellings. Which could mean they'll print it, just to teach me a lesson.
