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one_in_progress

Another name changing post

Oct 23, 2005 11:46

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night101owl October 24 2005, 14:15:38 UTC

The fact that a woman shaves her legs because she enjoys doing so (and I know such women) does not make the act itself less of a patriarchy-following (and probably perpetuating) choice, even if the purpose of following the act is not to follow patriarchy. It's not only intentions that matter.I get that the underlying intentions don't always change the effect that an act itself has, but I've been thinking about this comment. Why does leg-shaving follow/perpetuate the patriarchy? I'm not saying that it doesn't, but I'm wondering about the actual mechanics. Is it because it is an act that assists a person in conforming to a specific gender role? And to be honest, I'm not sure if there is much of a difference between "gender role" and "gender" itself, because I view gender as essentially performative. The only way to have gender is to perform it-- it's act, not identity ( ... )

one_in_progress October 25 2005, 19:46:06 UTC

I think that shaving my legs affirms the importance of patriarchal beauty standards and add to the difficulty, for other women, of going along with their legs in their natural form, regardless of how they want to play gender, because we're just not at that stage yet with body hair where, like pant/skirt question in most communities, it can go either way ( ... )

night101owl October 25 2005, 20:31:06 UTC

I think that the idea of a "beauty standard" is really just another way to approach gender, period. That is, the pursuit of any beauty standard has one aim, which is to perform the role of gender. There are racial and class issues wrapped up in gender, too, I don't mean to ignore them. I just find it useful to break things down ( ... )

one_in_progress October 26 2005, 02:57:17 UTC

Hmm ( ... )

archbishop10k November 30 2005, 21:26:28 UTC

I followed from the catholicism community to your LJ here and read a few of your posts ( ... )

one_in_progress November 30 2005, 22:02:08 UTC

Hmm, interesting questions ( ... )

archbishop10k December 1 2005, 00:01:41 UTC

First: I want to question whether you really shave your face every day because your girlfriend likes it. When you didn't have a girlfriend, did you also shave? If your girlfriend decided she preferred you with a beard, would you just grow a beard? The truth is I barely ever see men with beards, or really much facial hair at all. It's just not fashionable now. At times it's been fashionable. Are you really sure that your (and your girlfriend's) personal preferences are completely unaffected by fashion?Before I met my girlfriend, I shaved about once a week, as opposed to every day. I think having a full mustache (I'm Asian, so I don't actually grow any hair on my cheeks) would be annoying. But if my girlfriend liked mustaches, then yeah, I would grow one ( ... )