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- From: h431@quads.uchicago.edu (heather e blair)
- Subject: Re: Bisexuality and androgyny
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.135928.18322@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: University of Chicago
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 13:59:28 GMT
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- In article <30871@castle.ed.ac.uk> moragw@castle.ed.ac.uk (Alloy Serving Woman) writes:
- >
- >I prefer people whose appearance changes with their mood, not the ones
- >who only believe in _their_ way of looking and never change it. I
- >suppose this is linked to my desire that people shouldn't judge me from
- >my attire the first time they meet me (I know, I know, a rather futile
- >hope) Having been dismissed as 'a greasy biker' when met in leathers
- >and clutching lid, and instantly judged to be some sort of butch
- >lesbian, or treated like I was a fragile goth fit only for male
- >consumption when wafting around in velvet. I resisted the temptation to
- >deck the bastard who thought I was a girlie stripper when he saw me in
- >fishnets and that took considerable effort. Not that I believe in
- >violence, but sometimes.....
- >
- I like changing my appearance, too. One Halloween I had a friend slap
- some makeup on me (glittery stuff) and I wore a silver-lame mini dress
- (my mother's from 1969). The experience of being conventionally "sexy"
- was hilarious - my friends didn't recognize me, and strangers who
- wouldn't have noticed me in real life were really interested - even when
- I assured them that in real life I'm a nerd.
-
- On the other hand, I love men's clothes. They get the best fabrics -
- beautiful wool flannels, nubby silks, wrinkly linens. *sigh* I wish
- I were rich.
-
- >I drool over tall skeletal people regardless of their gender, but its
- >purely aesthetic.
-
-
- >
-
- I like thin fine-featured men. My ex-girlfriend likes large muscular
- men, Sean Connery is her ideal of masculine beauty. She says my tastes
- in men are dumb because the ones I like are (in her opinion) Not Real
- Men. But when you think about it, "thin" is a masculine characteristic
- since men have a lot less body fat (on the average) than we do.
-
- As for women - my tastes changed when I started working out. (and gained
- some weight in fat, too). Now conventionally "pretty" women look too
- frail to be attractive. Instead of sexual desire I feel grandma desire -
- "here, have this nice piece of cake."
-
- >It doesn't really matter what I fancy because women make me nervous and
- >I feel threatened around men.
-
- Yep. I feel like the women will reject me and the men will attack me.
-
-
- >I'll get there in the
- >end, can't turn to the solace of chocolate all my life.
-
- Lindt. Yes.
-
- >
- >Speaking of chocolate..
- >
- >Mo, gone hunting.
- >
-
- For chocolate, or for the long-haired. Do you like long strawberry-blonde
- hair?
-
-
-
- --
-
- - Heather Blair h431@midway.uchicago.edu
-