| The societal harm of oppression |
 The societal harm of oppression
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Sep. 22nd, 2010 @ 09:49 am 
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Something I was just thinking about (while trying to negotiate the endlessly difficult curves of the class-A Daytona event race in the Ferrari F430 in Gran Turismo 5 Prologue; my current opinion of the Ferrari F430 boils down to a Ford Prefect line. "Looks like a fish, moves like a fish... steers like a cow."):
There are more subtle ways that society's policing of gender and sexuality hurts everyone. It can be summed up by the examples of two women I know, both of whom arguably best qualify right now as "friends of friends".
1) An older woman, now friend of a friend my age, but I knew her back in the 80s as the mother of a schoolmate.
Then? Heterosexual bitch.
Now? Perfectly nice lesbian.
2) A few years ago I was friends for a while with a guy, but our friendship ended on terms of mutual severe aggravation. Dude was a tool.
Now? Rather lovely young woman.
I genuinely believe that no-one can live a lie and not have that lie be toxic. And that toxicity will spread throughout everything they do, and everyone they come into contact with. When societal pressure forces the lie, then the toxicity will spread throughout society.
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