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F'lar | Bronze Mnementh (fallarnon) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-06-15 08:40:00

Entry tags:

!open, ~micha delmare

Why is being pregnant something interesting? The majority of the female population can do that. Unless you can't here, of course.

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[filtered; F'nor]
F'nor, buy the women with the long lives.

And someone you find half interesting.

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	theonewoman 2013-06-15 04:25 pm UTC (link)
	Sweetheart, if the only thing you can think to talk about is what women are doing, you probably shouldn't be talking. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	famanoran 2013-06-15 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	Woah, touchy much? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	theonewoman 2013-06-15 04:29 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sorry, was I talking to you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	famanoran 2013-06-15 04:29 pm UTC (link)
	You're talking to my weyrleader, so good enough. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	theonewoman 2013-06-15 04:33 pm UTC (link)
	Weyrleader? Is that what you're calling it these days? -- And are you a woman and/or how many pregnancies have you had that you feel you've anything to offer to this conversation, my dear? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	famanoran 2013-06-15 04:33 pm UTC (link)
	Sorry, my lady, I have nothing more to say. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fallarnon 2013-06-15 04:29 pm UTC (link)
	Stand down, brown rider. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	famanoran 2013-06-15 04:30 pm UTC (link)
	As you wish. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fallarnon 2013-06-15 04:27 pm UTC (link)
	You misunderstood. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	theonewoman 2013-06-15 04:28 pm UTC (link)
	Enlighten me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fallarnon 2013-06-15 04:34 pm UTC (link)
	It occurs to me that pregnancy is one aspect of women's lives. I wonder why it's a thing women stick to when they also do other things. Lessa is Weyrwoman of Benden Weyr. When she became a mother I didn't find that the only good thing about her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	theonewoman 2013-06-15 04:36 pm UTC (link)
	Oh boy, I'm going to need a margarita for this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fallarnon 2013-06-15 04:38 pm UTC (link)
	If you would set aside the sarcasm and teach me something it might be more productive for both of us. But if you'd rather throw around comments with the intent to frustrate me, you will need to keep trying. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

theonewoman
2013-06-15 04:47 pm UTC (link)

I have a feeling that speaking to you is going to be a bit like trying to do sign language though a hole in a bathroom wall. Being on the other side, you'll be confused and alienated -- especially when you just showed up to suck in the first place.

But what the hell. I have plans all lined up to take out my aggression later, so let's put on some classics and we'll have a little dance, shall we?

Women are raised in a society that beats into their skulls that they need to define themselves by our men, our relationships with men, our families and our children. Everything is structured to keep women in that role of nurturer, or that object to be desired (but never in control of her own sexuality) -- we're treated as though we all think the same, want the same things and must adhere to specific social ideas and ideals and --- that's it. You can't fucking blame us for the shit they have to put up with and the oppressive, limiting, constricting patriarchal world around us that tells us what to talk about and what we should think important. It's not fair.

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	F'lar famanoran 2013-06-15 04:52 pm UTC (link)
	By the egg, F'lar, you shouldn't have to put up with this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	F'lar \| F'nor fallarnon 2013-06-15 05:07 pm UTC (link)
	We're having a dialogue, F'nor. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	F'lar \| F'nor famanoran 2013-06-15 05:13 pm UTC (link)
	Is that what you call it? Of course, you do have a soft-spot for impossible women. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	F'lar \| F'nor fallarnon 2013-06-15 05:15 pm UTC (link)
	It's thrilling. Lessa has a penchant for unpredictable reactions. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	F'lar \| F'nor famanoran 2013-06-15 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	Unpredictable? Ha, that's for sure. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fallarnon 2013-06-15 05:06 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, then my error is in belittling women and their pregnancies when women are conditioned to think it's the only thing they're good for. And the alternate path is to say nothing, or encourage them to... expand their horizons? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	theonewoman 2013-06-15 05:53 pm UTC (link)
	I'd stick to saying nothing. We don't need men telling us what to "expand", we really do get enough of that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fallarnon 2013-06-15 05:53 pm UTC (link)
	Very well. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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