Comments on: More real world Privilege in Action: Casual heterosexism http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2007-04-22_586 Because we care about stuff Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:52:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: The Geek Side Feminism Friday, belated. « http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2007-04-22_586#comment-59353 The Geek Side Feminism Friday, belated. « Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:32:55 +0000 http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2007-04-22_586#comment-59353 [...] Tekanji has another installment for the Privilege in Action files: In fact, I would wager that she never even thought that the language she was using — typical language, I believe, for adults to use in regards to relationships — could be exclusive. But, that’s just it. Privilege is having the dominant discourse be tailored to your group, to the point that you often don’t notice how certain words are exclusive of other groups. … People use words which are exclusive (boyfriend/girlfriend in the context of assuming heterosexuality, mankind instead of humankind, etc) all the time, but because of privilege, these words are in such common usage that we use them as if they are all encompassing when the reality is that they are not. [...] [...] Tekanji has another installment for the Privilege in Action files: In fact, I would wager that she never even thought that the language she was using — typical language, I believe, for adults to use in regards to relationships — could be exclusive. But, that’s just it. Privilege is having the dominant discourse be tailored to your group, to the point that you often don’t notice how certain words are exclusive of other groups. … People use words which are exclusive (boyfriend/girlfriend in the context of assuming heterosexuality, mankind instead of humankind, etc) all the time, but because of privilege, these words are in such common usage that we use them as if they are all encompassing when the reality is that they are not. [...]

]]> By: Kevin http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2007-04-22_586#comment-59186 Kevin Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:34:47 +0000 http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2007-04-22_586#comment-59186 It's like that Russell Peters joke: "He cannot be the Indian and the gay at the same time!". You would find the same type of thing in China (hence the popularity of these "non-mainstream" Chinese movies that deal with homosexuality). You need a wordpress plugin that has an option to be notified if somebody replies to your blog comment. See you in Kansai! It’s like that Russell Peters joke: “He cannot be the Indian and the gay at the same time!”. You would find the same type of thing in China (hence the popularity of these “non-mainstream” Chinese movies that deal with homosexuality).

You need a wordpress plugin that has an option to be notified if somebody replies to your blog comment.

See you in Kansai!

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