blinkytreefrog: On becoming a homosexual...

Blinky the Tree Frog (

blinkytreefrog) wrote,
@ 2005-04-29 03:09:00

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On becoming a homosexual...
Okay, okay. Just for those who are morbidly curious, here's the chapter of "On Becoming a Women" about homosexuality.

See this post for explanations of the book and how I came across it.

ETA: People have asked lots of questions about all of the scans. I therefore proudly present the FAQ. Read and be enlightened.

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	Hmm. perihawk 2005-04-28 06:15 pm UTC (link)
	When was this written/published? I'd guess some time in the 50's. I hope society has evolved a bit since then. Because a LOT of modern women would take offense to a lot of this piece, even if you cut out the bits about homosexuality. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Hmm. blinkytreefrog 2005-04-29 01:01 am UTC (link)
	1951. See my previous post, this is an extension from there. And yes, it's incredibly offensive :-(. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

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humandays, 2005-05-18 06:12 pm UTC

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	odycee 2005-04-28 07:47 pm UTC (link)
	0_o ... There are no words. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	permogod 2005-05-17 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	I agree... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	harriet_spy 2005-04-28 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	"When you're weeping alone at night because you dumped all your good female friends to chase a boy who's married you and left you marooned in a house to do his menial drudgery for him, be happy that you've made progress towards the maturity of your personality! Next step: lobotomy!" (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kalieris 2005-05-16 01:40 am UTC (link)
	Is that Bruce and, um, Dick? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	caia_comica 2005-04-28 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	The horrors! ..and yet somehow, I'm most amused by the occasional switch to generic "he" when they're talking about women. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cgallivan 2005-05-17 05:28 am UTC (link)
	I was wondering if I was the only one who caught that. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	lacunarity 2005-04-28 09:46 pm UTC (link)
	That is beautiful in a really awful way. (Just for the occasion, I am using my most homoerotic icon.) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lissa_quon 2005-05-17 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	Franz/Albert icon, YAY! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	How Joan Baez put it badficwriter 2005-04-28 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	How hard is the fortune of all womankind! She's always controlled, she's always confined. Controlled by her parents, until she's a wife; A slave to her husband the rest of her life. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	offdutydane 2005-04-28 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	10% is not enough! Recruit recruit recruit! /sarcasm (Reply to this) (Thread)

	netherunicorn 2005-05-19 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	resistance is futile. joiiiiin usssss... (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	wyzeguy 2005-04-29 12:33 am UTC (link)
	So there is such a thing as homosexuality! Oh man, I'm just crackin' up of here. That's just hilarious. (Reply to this)

	amazing_topcat 2005-04-29 03:10 am UTC (link)
	"I love humans, (they're) always looking for patterns in things that aren't there." (From Doctor Who) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	blinkytreefrog 2005-04-29 05:33 am UTC (link)
	Hey, are you still online? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	_bounce_ 2005-04-29 07:39 am UTC (link)
	... That is really scary. (Reply to this)

	macychick 2005-05-18 04:00 pm UTC (link)
	"I think some straight people might go through a period where they think they're gay, like some gay people might go through a period where they think they're straight." I agree. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	nimmy_ 2005-05-06 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	The icon I'm using is in honour of this chapter! Wow - I'm a lesbian, so I must be emotionally retarded or mentally ill or a perverted paedophile! Hurrah for 1950's thinking! :D But seriously -- I'd love a time machine so I could go back and bee a teen in the 50's - just to see what the reaction to my feminist ways would be! ^__^ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lariss 2005-05-18 12:24 pm UTC (link)
	The Home For Wayward Girls. More horror. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kick3 2005-05-09 03:55 pm UTC (link)
	I don't remember the dorm having a fire drill to search for the lesbians down the hall who might infect them with gay! I don't think my girlfriend would appreciate that either. She didn't have any trouble "transitioning", she's always been attracted to women. I think my mother read that book, that would explain a lot.... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	scarletxanth 2005-05-18 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	I don't remember the dorm having a fire drill to search for the lesbians down the hall who might infect them with gay! lmao! too funny sits in corner rocking (Reply to this) (Parent)

	proudlijaholic 2005-05-16 05:38 am UTC (link)
	I have a friend, who, while being an otherwise perfectly tolerant, nice guy, thinks that all homosexuals are unnatural, but he doesn't mind them as long as they're getting help. I always have the urge to tell him that I'm bisexual when he tells me that. I wish I had a lesbian icon. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	tydaeus 2005-05-16 07:22 am UTC (link)
	Somehow entirely forgetting that it isn't all that uncommon for homosexual males to have some close female friends, or for homosexual females to have some close male friends. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	savestheworld 2005-05-18 05:46 pm UTC (link)
	yeah wait a minute... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	wikdsushi 2005-05-16 06:20 pm UTC (link)
	Paging Dr. Fallacy.... Dr. Ad Hoc Fallacy.... (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	vassilissa 2005-05-19 07:41 am UTC (link)
	logic love (Reply to this) (Parent)

	stormbeast 2005-05-16 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	... o_O .... bursts into laughter oh this is just GREAT! oh and at Caia Comica: noticed the same thing... or he's talking about young people in general and uses "he" instead of "they" ... heh, p.c. really is a 21st century thing (Reply to this)

	dangermousie 2005-05-16 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	ROFL. I am straight but reading this makes me want and have sex with the first woman I see. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	xsekaix 2005-05-22 02:43 am UTC (link)
	Same. xD (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fourleftxaviers 2005-05-17 01:13 am UTC (link)
	wow. (Reply to this)

	undeadgoat 2005-05-17 01:45 am UTC (link)
	Oh, dear lord . . . This is just . . . My gawd, it's . . . fails (Reply to this) (Thread)

	tinuvielchild 2005-05-19 11:28 pm UTC (link)
	icon love =D (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	jaiwithani 2005-05-17 01:48 am UTC (link)
	Hahaha...boy, it's a good thing no one thinks that stupidly anymore... ::looks at Congress, the White House, the 11 states that passed anti-gay amendments, James Dobson, and Rick Santorum:: Oh, crap. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	eleccham 2005-05-20 04:58 am UTC (link)
	What? Santorum? That's simply not something you discuss in polite company, my friend. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kashiichan 2005-05-17 07:33 am UTC (link)
	RAGE (Reply to this)