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| ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???? | Entry #619359 |
I am surrounded by morons. I am 32 years old and I have decided for some unGod known reason that I should go back to college. What the hell was I thinking? Usually, when I hear these stupid ass kids that sit around me with their closed, ignorant minds or their lack of common sense, I roll my eyes and know that there is some intelligence that comes with age. I try to be patient with the little darlings when they don't understand the professor's "big" words, spend their hour texting, don't have a clue about world events, or know what the hell opium is. But today, I had enough. I just had enough. The subject of Thomas Beattie, the FTM who had the baby, came up. There was a picture of him when he was pregnant (and he's pregnant again btw). One stupid ass kid that sits behind me says, "that's not a man. That's a woman. I don't call what it wants to call itself. It's a man."
REALLY???
IT????
In the eyes of the law, in the eyes of Thomas' wife, and in his own heart, soul, and mind- he is a man. He is no longer a woman. He was born female but that doesn't mean that he is still female. He had his breasts removed but kept his female reproductive organs so that he and his wife could have a baby since she is unable to carry for them. He is legally a man. They are legally married. What the hell is so hard to understand about this? He did what few- if any- men would do. He went through pregnancy and childbirth to give his wife a child, to create a family, because she was biologically unable to.
Which begs the question- what is a man? What is a woman?
One of the ignorant kids in my class said that what makes a woman a woman is her ability to carry a baby and that a man isn't able to do that. So I asked, If a woman can't carry a child, does that mean she's not a woman?
"Yes", he said
WHAT? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME????
God help me if I ever have to have a hysterectomy like some of my loved ones. They'd be surprised to know that they are no longer women apparently. So having a vagina is apparently the only thing that makes a woman a woman. It doesn't matter what you feel like inside. It doesn't matter how you see yourself. All that matters is your reproductive organs are reversed from the male counterparts. Plus, while Thomas may have a uterus, he also has a penis, thanks to hormones. He is a man.
It is small, ignorant minds like these that cause the bullshit that goes on. 50 years ago, I couldn't buy my clothing in the men's department. I could get arrested any day of the week because I don't think I ever have on at least 3 articles of women's clothing. My wife, my friends, my exes would all be arrested and beaten as the butch women they are. Why? Because some small minded hypocrites thought it was "weird", "abnormal", "disgusting". Why do I wear guy's clothing? BECAUSE IT'S MORE FUCKING COMFORTABLE!! Because when I wear women's clothing, I feel very uncomfortable. I don't like how I look, I don't like how I feel in it. I have more confidence in being myself when I put on a polo and pair of cargo pants that I ever did in my life in a *shudder* skirt, dress, or blouse. And fuck heels and the masogonist man who created them. And who are these people to say that this is wrong or disgusting or that he's not who he says he is?? That's the same people who grow up and vote against gay marriage because it's "not right". WHO SAYS IT'S NOT RIGHT?? Interracial relationships were illegal too. But let's go ahead and overlook that because it's "different". It's not different. It's a matter of civil rights.
My wife and I got married in a church by an ordained Pastor. We were surrounded by our loved ones, we said our vows, we exchanged rings, and we went on a honeymoon. We weren't just playing. We are married. Not in the backwards state of Missouri but in the eyes of God and in the eyes of those who love us, we are married. There is no difference in making those judgement calls about Thomas Beattie than there is about those people who have told me, "you're not really gay." "You weren't born gay." "This is disgusting, it's unnatural." How dare anyone think they have the right to say that? And I love that religion was brought into it for their brilliant arguments today. "God doesn't make mistakes." No, He doesn't. Explain hermaphrodites, explain genetic disorders, explain things that 'go wrong' during pregnancy, explain deformities, explain physical disorders. Those are not God's mistakes any more than a person who was unexplainably born into the wrong gender.
You don't live in my heart or in my soul. When I go to Heaven (and I WILL), God will welcome me in. I lived the life I was meant to live, I chose love. I honored Him, my wife, and my family. God have mercy on the souls of the judgemental, bigoted, racist, and homophobic hypocrites. No, you know what? Fuck mercy. Go to Hell.
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