Making a Statement

[supergee]

They always told me that however I dressed, I was Making a Statement. For instance, if I did not meet standards of neatness, I was showing contempt for the people or the venue, and I would be judged by my Statement. There's a part of me that still resents that, but these days I go along with the gag. There is, after all, a lot of truth in "the meaning of your communication is the response you get."

If you do an all-male anthology or Top 10 list, you are Making a Statement. If you really believe that the only worthy examples were by persons of the penile persuasion, go with it, but don't be surprised or indignant if you're judged by your statement.

Comments

[laughingrat]

"Penile persuasion." *giggle*

In re: your first paragraph, I always find that assumption the height of affront. Affronting? Affrontation? Affrontativeness? I love how the damn straights always assume that everything's about them. Wanna wear patchouli? It's about them. Stretching your earlobes? About them. Smooch someone of the same sex? Smooch more than one person at a go? Definitely about them. "Thinking too much"? Oh yeah, that's about them. Changing your religion? About them, and more specifically, about absolutely trying to kill your mother, just kill her!

These people would sleep a lot easier if they realized that the rest of us out here on the margins were just trying to get along as best we could without any interference from the Man. Indeed, most of us are trying as hard as possible not to think of what the Man wants at all. *grump*