Tuesday, October 18, 2005
An idea, free for the taking
If you happen to be female, and you ever find yourself in a situation where someone who happens to be male calls you any intending-to-be-derogratory name based on the physical attributes of being female, the correct response is "Oh, sorry, I didn't realize you were gay!" This must be delivered in whatever tone of voice you would use if you had honestly mistaken someone's sexual orientation and are honestly sorry about it. The logic here is that a straight man would be stupid to use a reference to female genitalia as an insult, but the kind of straight man who would do so is more likely to take offence at the suggestion that he might be gay. And if he does turn out to be gay, hey, no harm done.
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Well, usually gay men are a bit more sensitive than that. It takes a straight man to be such an ass.
Very true, and I wasn't intending to imply that a gay man would be so crude - I'm sorry if it came across that way, I've never met a gay man who would be so rude.
The idea was simply based on the fact that it's a particularly nonsensical insult coming from a straight man, and the type of straight man who would act like such an asswipe is statistically more likely to be the type of straight man who would take umbrage at the suggestion that he comes across as gay.
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