- This quote was stand out to me because it says that words aren't just words and meaning is behind all of them. I think that it is mentionable as well because people don't consider what the words they say mean when saying them.
2.) ["Nothing seems more certain than the homosexuality is contagious."]
- This part of the reading was stand out mainly because it was so mind boggling to me. I can't rap my head around the fact that people could be so ignorant in thinking homosexuality could be contagious. It's sad to me that that's how people actually think it'll happen, that to be around a gay person you can simply catch. It's so far from the truth I was thoroughly taken aback.
3.) ["For the more they talk about things gay, the more the taboo collapses."]
- I found this to be very true. I think the more it is talked about and not pushed under the rug, the more people will come to see it as just a normal, everyday, part of life. The fact that others want to make it quiet and want people to fit into the 'culture of power' is a task that can't be done.
This reading was interesting to me because I have many close gay friends in my life and to me, I would never think twice about judging others on their sexuality. Sexuality doesn't change a person, it is a part of who they are, but it's not all that there is to a person and I had to really open my mind to see how close minded others could be. This article closely related to the idea of 'scwamp' and how society and those of higher power want to only acknowledge people who fit the mold of the 'culture of power' talked of by Marie Delpit.
I had my eyes opened to others hesitancy on different types of sexuality that I other wise wouldn't know because I wouldn't associate with other people's ignorance and lack of knowledge.
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