Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Pretty and Witty and Gay

DC Black Leader Under Fire For Homophobic Rant

"Sisters making more money than brothers and it’s creating problems in families … that’s one of the reasons many of our women are becoming lesbians."


I have several questions:

  1. How does more economic power than someone else make you gay?
  2. Gay is now apparently defined as "financially independent"?
  3. Don't we all strive to be gay, then?


and,

  1. Does money generally make people gay?
  2. Isn't the Republican Party the one with gobs of money?
  3. Ergo, the Republican Party is gay. I think.


Honestly, I think this 'women earn money = lesbianism' concept is the same kind of prejudiced bullshit people used to say about people whose skin is brown or black -- that they can't handle money or being 'real' citizens like white folk. They're mentally/morally weak or something, and someone has to take care of them. That someone is a plantation owner/master/sponsor/husband, etc., father-figure.

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