Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Perceived Gender Roles and the Stifling of Dissent in the Modern University System

by Pauli


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Posted by Pauli at 5/27/2008 12:48:00 PM

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4 comments:

  1. kathleenMay 28, 2008 at 12:10 PM

    thank you for the pointing out the inherent sexism in mahna mahna. man, i was watching that when i was 3. no wonder i'm all effed up.

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  2. PauliMay 28, 2008 at 12:35 PM

    The two pink lesbian cows epitomize the thuggish feminine dominating forces in society seeking to completely marginalize the male who is trying to express himself through improvisation. He is portrayed as an unkempt brute even in the midst of his creativity.

    Kermit, OTOH, has totally bought in to the feminist scheme and sheepishly allows it to go on -- even enabling it! Basically, he's a kept frog, shaven, scared and emasculated.

    Finally, the male is forced to resort to corporate technology and yet even then only repeats the socially approved mantra. He has been "right-sized", as it were.

    To add insult to injury, at the end of the show our male protagonist is shown with two grumpy old men, symbols of weakness and sexual powerlessness. Expulsion from society has not been enough for the feminazi thugs; humiliation is now heaped upon the victimized male.

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  3. kathleenMay 28, 2008 at 2:58 PM

    you've got it totally backwards pauli. the indisputably feminized pink "cows" (*COWS*) are immediately and irrevocably reduced to a role of mere accompaniment upon the entrance of a a male to the stage. their role is subordinate to even the meaningless improvisation on "mahna mahna", which is, quite literally, nonsense. not even sense is required to subordinate the pink cows, the mere presence of masculinity will do. the stage does not even have to contain the male presence -- even when he scats backstage or at the exit door, the pink cows STILL are mere accessories to his societally unconstrained improvisation.

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  4. PauliMay 28, 2008 at 5:15 PM

    He's doing exactly what he was hired to do; he thinks "Hey, I could be doing some more and give back to the community..." so he offers a little bit of personal flair, it's like "hey, consider the lilies, man," and he is treated like a fart in church.

    the stage does not even have to contain the male presence...

    What a bunch of malarky. No one said you have to stay on the "stage". The cows are simply pissed off that they never thought of exploring the studio space. They have this kind of prissy New England lesbian thing going on, totally into themselves. The dude is thinking "Hey, I don't care if you're dykes, just loosen up, man, and have some fun."

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