Mmm, I guess as with everything else you get used to it in time, but I can definately imagine a young Valmai being being judged because she was strong when growing up in a small town/village.
No, it's not cynicism, I agree, basically some men are hypocritical or will say what they think they're supposed to say. This is how we get men obsessed with Lara Croft and are fine with Angelina Jolie doing karate but not with real women.
I was at a tramploling competition on Sunday and the boxing club was in the next room. Now, I'm not sure whether I agree with boxing as it seems overly agressive, especially when compared with martial arts and other forms of self-defence. However, I mentioned to my friend Alex how therapeutic pounding a punch bag must be after a tough day. He turned round and laughed, "Yes, but you'd never actually take up boxing, would you?" And obviously because I'm contrary by nature I turned round and asked him "Why not?" "Well, boxing." he replied in his drawling Eton accent, "It just isn't the type of thing people do" (by which I assume he meant it was working class) "especially not girls" he added. "There's a girl boxing in the next training hall" I told him mildly. "Really?!" he cried, peering over the separating wall, "Is she ugly?" I shook my head. "No?! Well, I am surprised!" Honestly, if I didn't know that he had a riddiculous public school upbringing, that he seems to be growing out of, I'd have disowned him on the spot.
Also, the chair thing, so very, very effortlessly cool. I can imagine it in a film with Valmai being all Indiana Jones style cool and Emlyn's look of surprise when his chair is suddenly pulled from under him.
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Date: 2005-05-10 10:29 pm (UTC)No, it's not cynicism, I agree, basically some men are hypocritical or will say what they think they're supposed to say. This is how we get men obsessed with Lara Croft and are fine with Angelina Jolie doing karate but not with real women.
I was at a tramploling competition on Sunday and the boxing club was in the next room. Now, I'm not sure whether I agree with boxing as it seems overly agressive, especially when compared with martial arts and other forms of self-defence. However, I mentioned to my friend Alex how therapeutic pounding a punch bag must be after a tough day. He turned round and laughed, "Yes, but you'd never actually take up boxing, would you?" And obviously because I'm contrary by nature I turned round and asked him "Why not?" "Well, boxing." he replied in his drawling Eton accent, "It just isn't the type of thing people do" (by which I assume he meant it was working class) "especially not girls" he added. "There's a girl boxing in the next training hall" I told him mildly. "Really?!" he cried, peering over the separating wall, "Is she ugly?" I shook my head. "No?! Well, I am surprised!" Honestly, if I didn't know that he had a riddiculous public school upbringing, that he seems to be growing out of, I'd have disowned him on the spot.
Also, the chair thing, so very, very effortlessly cool. I can imagine it in a film with Valmai being all Indiana Jones style cool and Emlyn's look of surprise when his chair is suddenly pulled from under him.