Here's what I'd like to see: people being ignored. That would be an accurate representation of reality. Gender issues? Please. Nobody cares. I'm an adult human male, but I've long ago stopped being aware of it. Every single encounter I have with other human beings is based entirely on commerce; making purchases, trading employment services for capital, etc. Gender has ceased to play any role whatsoever in my life - and I'm not alone. I've met many men over the years for whom sexualized interactions simply no longer occur.
Like most American college men, I suffered through the academic "debates" about gender theory, date-rape, and all the political and aesthetic corollaries thereto. As a result, I now live in a society which views workplace relationships as "inappropriate", male sexuality as inherently predatory, and relationships between men and women as either cordial or adversarial - no exceptions. In my own case, cordial relations in perpetuity is pretty much the size of it. Women don't talk to me and I don't talk to them - unless a commercial transaction is at stake.
For all intents and purposes, I'm a functional eunuch. A sexless bag of innards with a wallet. Ignored. Invisible.
Like most American college men, I suffered through the academic "debates" about gender theory, date-rape, and all the political and aesthetic corollaries thereto. As a result, I now live in a society which views workplace relationships as "inappropriate", male sexuality as inherently predatory, and relationships between men and women as either cordial or adversarial - no exceptions. In my own case, cordial relations in perpetuity is pretty much the size of it. Women don't talk to me and I don't talk to them - unless a commercial transaction is at stake.
For all intents and purposes, I'm a functional eunuch. A sexless bag of innards with a wallet. Ignored. Invisible.
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