http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2007/08/29/hollow-man Comeday morm and, O, you're vine! Sendday's eve and, ah, you're vinegar! Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:25:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2007/08/29/hollow-man/comment-page-1#comment-73877 greypilgrim Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:56:59 +0000 http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2007/08/29/hollow-man#comment-73877 Your idea cuts so much against the grain of human instinct, I doubt we will ever have the chance to explore its ramifications in practice. In terms of political theater, any kind of openness or receptiveness to others comes off looking like weakness. Think about the sexual overtones of openness: women are the ones who are "open" to penetration by others. Men--real men--do the penetrating. Even Hillary has to play the male role of being dominant, tough, decisive, even bitchy. A soft and nurturing demeanor will never get her elected to the Presidency. No, I don't think we are ready for a true woman President, though a woman playing the role of a man might be elected. Your idea cuts so much against the grain of human instinct, I doubt we will ever have the chance to explore its ramifications in practice. In terms of political theater, any kind of openness or receptiveness to others comes off looking like weakness. Think about the sexual overtones of openness: women are the ones who are “open” to penetration by others. Men–real men–do the penetrating. Even Hillary has to play the male role of being dominant, tough, decisive, even bitchy. A soft and nurturing demeanor will never get her elected to the Presidency. No, I don’t think we are ready for a true woman President, though a woman playing the role of a man might be elected.

]]> http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2007/08/29/hollow-man/comment-page-1#comment-73024 Todd Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:07:26 +0000 http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2007/08/29/hollow-man#comment-73024 Strength is the problem, as you say. I like how you note that neither party is able to get beyond a very juvenile notion of strength. What would happen, I wonder, if we began to take seriously openness and relation to others as a mark of strength? Strength is the problem, as you say. I like how you note that neither party is able to get beyond a very juvenile notion of strength. What would happen, I wonder, if we began to take seriously openness and relation to others as a mark of strength?

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