tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post5306329932531694931..comments2023-10-20T21:52:36.752+05:30Comments on Cross Connections: The monk, misogyny and moreFarzana Verseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891229615361937135noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-73541540442894873362015-01-28T07:12:05.621+05:302015-01-28T07:12:05.621+05:30>>Was surprised that while whore was spelled...>>Was surprised that while whore was spelled out, even international papers chose "#@?!" for bitch, which is used in conversation and sometimes affectionately.<<<br /><br />Surprising *and* fascinating, albeit if only from a Freudian standpoint . . .<br /><br />>>The crowd cheering probably felt "chaste" because a man of religion said it.<<<br /><br />Indeed. There is considerable historical precedent for such absolution. So too for both women and men propping such a man of religion, from both crowd and dais. What's missing (if only from the historical record, and not from the artefactual record) is a woman being so propped. Could be wrong, tho'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-82588698530362328802015-01-27T07:29:53.089+05:302015-01-27T07:29:53.089+05:30Mark:
Agreed, such language is fairly common usag...Mark:<br /><br />Agreed, such language is fairly common usage. Was surprised that while whore was spelled out, even international papers chose "#@?!" for bitch, which is used in conversation and sometimes affectionately. <br /><br />But in this instance the motive was to damn. <br /><br />{Not just religious and not just men, if you ask me.}<br /><br />Indeed. Here, it happened to be.<br /><br />The crowd cheering probably felt "chaste" because a man of religion said it.<br /><br />{In the parlance, perhaps Ms. Lee needs to "grow a set"?}<br /><br />No, no. Perhaps Ms. Lee has experienced many more that are worse than verbal abuse and which don't get noticed or as much attention. If abusers had "a set" or one they were confident about they'd be less insecure. FVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-75099212730826189962015-01-23T03:22:27.671+05:302015-01-23T03:22:27.671+05:30Hi Farzana,
It is and it isn't -- surprising,...Hi Farzana,<br /><br />It is and it isn't -- surprising, that is. I hear this sort of "abusive" language pretty much daily at the public school where I teach. There, it passes for wit, and one hears it coming from the mouths of both boys and girls.<br /><br />>>As with any other religious community, Buddhism would have its share of disgusting men of faith<<<br /><br />Not just religious and not just men, if you ask me.<br /><br />>>More than [Wirathu's] statements, one must note that the crowd cheered. That is something we tend to miss, and therefore target the tree when the woods are alive with similar sounds.<<<br /><br />Polity, it would seem, is neither pretty nor chaste.<br /><br />>> "During my visit I was personally subjected to the kind of sexist intimidation that female human rights defenders experience when advocating on controversial issues." <<<br /><br />In the parlance, perhaps Ms. Lee needs to "grow a set"?<br /><br />>>Had the human rights envoy been a man, Wirathu would have had the same problem with the findings. But, he might not have called him names because he would assume they were equals, in that it would be gender reflection. Calling him a dick would resonate with his own, for example.<<<br /><br />Well, perhaps. On the other hand, with such derrogatories as "bitch" and "whore," there is room to find the suggestion of a "pimp" -- one or many, and especially coming from one who's done time in prison.<br /><br />A very fine analysis as usual, Farzana.<br /><br />MarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com