Sunday, October 7, 2007

hole discrimination

No, I'm not referring to anal sex (are you disappointed?)

I am talking about idiotic social standards that posit TWO holes, one on each ear lobe, as acceptable and even wonderfully feminine (and upper-class if adorned with pearls or diamonds)--and at the same time condemn ONE hole on the nostril, or belly button, or eyebrow, as distasteful, degenerate, low class, et cetera.

The issue is clearly not about the quantity of bodily punctures--then my family would favor my one nostril hole over two ear holes. So the judgment is based on nothing empirical or rational, but rather the subjectivity of social norms (what holes are "good") and prejudice (what sort of people look "bad")...A.K.A. ignorance, which I can also call under-developed thought, pathetic complacency, disinclination to think, reluctance to question or self-examine...all which boil down to unreliable judgment.

Either you have a problem with the concept of needlessly stabbing yourself, or you don't. Once you begin ascribing value to body parts, you lose credibility.

Glad we sorted that out.

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