Self-Awareness Question: Gender

Folks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. This is the current list on self-awareness.

67. What do you like/dislike about your gender?

Nothing.  Being metasexual suits me fine.  If other people don't understand it, that's their problem, not mine.

The Rules You Set for Yourself

Here's a wonderful page from a comic about sexuality and the rules you set for yourself.  That last line is brilliant and absolutely right.

However, there's a little more at play in many cases.  A lot of times, what people think of as their own rules aren't actually theirs.  Many rules are imposed by other people, such as parents, or by society as a whole.  These can be destructive or even lethal.  If you can change it simply by deciding to do so ("I'm done eating meat; I'm a vegetarian now") then it's your rule.  If you can't, then it probably came from somewhere else and will take a lot more work to fix if it's hurting you or just preventing you from pursuing happiness.  The Com-Passionate Boundaries program brings this up in a flowchart of sexual hijinks safety.

Society does not have a right to hurt you or deprive you of happiness just because it doesn't like what you are, so long as your choices don't hurt people.

Birdfeeding

Today is bright and clear.  Most of the snow is still on the ground.   Rabbits and squirrels have made more tracks.

The feeders still have food so I haven't gone out to add more.  Today I've seen a flock of sparrows, several cardinals, and a downy woodpecker. 

Sea-wrack Window Ornament

scrubjayspeaks has made a sea-wrack window ornament from driftwood, shells, seaweed, beads, and other tidbits mostly found beachcombing.  This was inspired by my crystal window ornament.  \o/ 

I love inspiring folks.  Craft on, awesome people!

Today's Smoothie

Today we made a smoothie with:

1 cup Ceres guava nectar
1 cup Brown Cow vanilla yogurt
1 pear
1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1/2 cup ice

This is thick and creamy, pale pink, with a light fruity flavor.  It's quite good.  :D 

Bras Are Broken

This video explains a bunch of reasons why bras are broken. Almost the entire industry -- less a few small, expensive, women-owned bra shops -- abuses women* by design.

* Everyone who wears a bra, which can be any sex/gender, but most bra consumers are women.

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