Continuing the previous entry on stereotype, this is a note on the paradox of using convention to reinterpret convention, written earlier relating to the project To Wear Or Not To Wear.
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/comments on this entry from the Feministing Community/ Women are prouder than men, while men are more lustful. A Vatican report states that the two sexes sin differently. Should this be valid, we should bear in mind that it's the difference between Catholic women and Catholic men only. Right, let's continue with the generalization, polarization, exlusion and comparison game - comparison isn't necessarily ridiculous though. The Advertiser offers positive discussion on Buddhism. You know the most deadly sin that is missing from the anouncement, and is shared by both women and men? Reluctance to confess! There is a declining rate of confessions, and Pope Benedict said, "We are losing the notion of sin. If people do not confess regularly, they risk slowing their spiritual rhythm." I guess "we" and "people" include both sexes.
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"Power is a matter of perception", says [Roberta] Smith. "At the moment it's about money. People can take power, they can demand it. It doesn't change in the structure unless perception changes." - /Female Trouble from ArtReview magazine: The Power 100 (2008)/ Click here to read the whole article.
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「重男輕女，大概是男人體內內磨滅不去的DNA。」- /Yahoo! Hong Kong Style/ 又一個肥皂劇般的故事，卻時常發生在現實當中。關於 DNA 的一句，應該是作者的比喻；「重男輕女」可是意識形態的一種，和遺傳學無關。但按這說法，該基因不只在男性呈顯性，在女性身上也顯而易見，而且如病毒般不斷擴散，一代傳一代。 我們需要進化，改變不良基因。
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Best british wits were chosen and none of them woman - yet another example of the dominance of men, of which the oddity is never stranger than if its all women in the list - because we always treat dominance of men (at more prominent ranks) normal. /related entry: Invisible Men/ "She...makes her point a far more subtle, funnier way." Right. This sentence tells women's character. Possession of a subtle kind of power (funniness as discussed in the article, other kinds of ability in other contexts). Women may be made invisible by the society, but their force is undeniable. Be it conventional mothers taking care of every family member and nurturing children, elite women performing in specific fields, or any types of women working in different areas, they all contribute to the wellbeing of the human race. They may be subtle, they may be soft, but we should not neglect them - as female myself, i would say, we should not neglect us - and some of us can be as strong as needed. /drawing/
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