What is "Tangentially Sexual?"
I found this blog entry valuable because so many people (as well as myself at times) seem to find it uncomfortable when a person with a different relationship or sexual point of view expresses that point of view.
http://agahran.typepad.com/massofcontradictions/2005/08/what_is_tangent.html
Even though I have thought that it wasn't necessary and perhaps confronting at times, this blog entry helped me realize that *any* expression of this type from anyone, perhaps especially from the most "traditional" monogamous heterosexual person can be perceived as opressive by someone who doesn't share the same POV.
This reminds me of hanging out with gay friends in college days who were so upset by the "relentless heterosexuality" of some people. They were greatly upset by the repetitious expressions of the heterosexual majority, as they perceived it as intolerance and marginalization of their "minority" lifestyle.
Having written all that, it is in the world of business that many of us pretend that we're "normal", that is to say in the monogamous heterosexual majority. This is also where there is much progress to be made. Firstly because many lifestyles are legislated to be "legally equal" for the purposes of discrimination. Secondly because in the professional venue people get the chance to be evaluated based on their skills, not just on their lifestyles, so there are chances to be understood and liked and valued seperately from their social cliques.
That was a mouthful!
http://agahran.typepad.com
Even though I have thought that it wasn't necessary and perhaps confronting at times, this blog entry helped me realize that *any* expression of this type from anyone, perhaps especially from the most "traditional" monogamous heterosexual person can be perceived as opressive by someone who doesn't share the same POV.
This reminds me of hanging out with gay friends in college days who were so upset by the "relentless heterosexuality" of some people. They were greatly upset by the repetitious expressions of the heterosexual majority, as they perceived it as intolerance and marginalization of their "minority" lifestyle.
Having written all that, it is in the world of business that many of us pretend that we're "normal", that is to say in the monogamous heterosexual majority. This is also where there is much progress to be made. Firstly because many lifestyles are legislated to be "legally equal" for the purposes of discrimination. Secondly because in the professional venue people get the chance to be evaluated based on their skills, not just on their lifestyles, so there are chances to be understood and liked and valued seperately from their social cliques.
That was a mouthful!
posted by Jon | 11:18 PM
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