Comments on: Fainting Flowers http://justorb.com/2008/10/08/fainting-flowers/ A Tangential Autobiography Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:52:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: Orb http://justorb.com/2008/10/08/fainting-flowers/comment-page-1/#comment-13933 Orb Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:25:09 +0000 http://justorb.com/2008/10/08/fainting-flowers/#comment-13933 Ha, Lin and I had one of those encounters too when we were first together. He has since learned not to sneak up behind me in crowds and touch things on me. :lol: If these were little old ladies I read about, I could see and understand their reaction, but it's always women my age or younger. I know there are still women who buy into the patriarchy idea, but I didn't think they were the majority, and I would have thought that younger women and teens would be wholly into knowing that if someone messes with you to draw attention to yourself and what's happening. It was just my parents that taught me that. We learned it in school, and sometime in the early 90's there was a series of PSA's on TV teaching kids this same thing. It's just stupid for anyone of any gender or age to have someone doing something to them they don't like and to just sit there and take it, especially in public which is, in fact, a safe place to be. Ha, Lin and I had one of those encounters too when we were first together. He has since learned not to sneak up behind me in crowds and touch things on me. :lol:

If these were little old ladies I read about, I could see and understand their reaction, but it’s always women my age or younger. I know there are still women who buy into the patriarchy idea, but I didn’t think they were the majority, and I would have thought that younger women and teens would be wholly into knowing that if someone messes with you to draw attention to yourself and what’s happening. It was just my parents that taught me that. We learned it in school, and sometime in the early 90′s there was a series of PSA’s on TV teaching kids this same thing. It’s just stupid for anyone of any gender or age to have someone doing something to them they don’t like and to just sit there and take it, especially in public which is, in fact, a safe place to be.

]]> By: Donna aka Tsugradstudent http://justorb.com/2008/10/08/fainting-flowers/comment-page-1/#comment-13928 Donna aka Tsugradstudent Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:22:41 +0000 http://justorb.com/2008/10/08/fainting-flowers/#comment-13928 All I have to say is people wonder why patriarchy is still considered an acceptable form of social organization. There are women who want to be the damsel in distress and then there are others who want to be treated equally and fairly and expect the same from others. These stories have gotten me into a huff but I've not been able to organize my thoughts into some sort of coherent blog posting. I will soon (after I finish reading about Zulu rituals and radio carbon dating) All I have to say is people wonder why patriarchy is still considered an acceptable form of social organization. There are women who want to be the damsel in distress and then there are others who want to be treated equally and fairly and expect the same from others.

These stories have gotten me into a huff but I’ve not been able to organize my thoughts into some sort of coherent blog posting. I will soon (after I finish reading about Zulu rituals and radio carbon dating)

]]> By: gish http://justorb.com/2008/10/08/fainting-flowers/comment-page-1/#comment-13918 gish Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:33:13 +0000 http://justorb.com/2008/10/08/fainting-flowers/#comment-13918 that's unbelievable! i've read similar stories lately, and i can't identify with these women at all. once, when hubby and i started dating, we were at the store and i was looking at something when he came up behind me and put his hands on my waist. and, not knowing it was him, i elbowed him. hard. he was a lot more careful after that. :lol: and one year, at gasparilla (a big parade/event in tampa), i was on crutches with a knee brace on, and some moron grabbed my butt! i hit him in the shin with my crutch, which was pretty awesome. it must be all about how you're raised, because my mum made it absolutely clear as i was growing up that you don't just ignore that sort of thing. that’s unbelievable! i’ve read similar stories lately, and i can’t identify with these women at all. once, when hubby and i started dating, we were at the store and i was looking at something when he came up behind me and put his hands on my waist. and, not knowing it was him, i elbowed him. hard. he was a lot more careful after that. :lol: and one year, at gasparilla (a big parade/event in tampa), i was on crutches with a knee brace on, and some moron grabbed my butt! i hit him in the shin with my crutch, which was pretty awesome. it must be all about how you’re raised, because my mum made it absolutely clear as i was growing up that you don’t just ignore that sort of thing.

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