Today, as walked home from digging out my car, my neighbor was shoveling his bit of sidewalk. He is a little younger than me, father to two young children, a playwright and a Republican. Not sure if any of that description matters but I am trying to create a word picture here. Since I am on a roll, I will add that he had his sockless feet only half-crammed into his shoes and was only wearing a shirt and pants: no jacket, hat or mittens.
But anyway, as I walked by, he said, "What is this "Unconditional Yes" thing?" (He is one of my facebook friends and was one of the first people to sign up when I sent out the invitation). I explained that is was an exhibition/project I am working on for a gallery at Simmons College, an all-women's school in Boston, where I have asked the community to respond to a question about unconditional yes.
"Oh yeah, I like unconditional yeses from young college women."
Sooooooo.....your thoughts?
XOXO, Robyn
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I just rolled my eyes. Then my next instinct was to mutter "typical" - and then I stopped myself.
ReplyDeleteThat kind of makes me really uncomfortable. Not what he said (although I do think the comment is ridiculous) - but the fact that my reaction would be to think that nasty mind set was "typical."
Maybe he thought he was funny? Or not.
I do think he thought he was being funny and clever but, I agree, there is something so very wrong with his response as typical. It isn't the first time I have received smirks from men when I mention the words "yes" and "all-women's college". It actually makes me quite angry! And I am no longer the object of desire in this set-up.
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