[UA] UA unintenionally sexist? (LONG!)

[Patrick O'Duffy]

Ysidro wrote:

> Ooooh, oooooh!  Patrick, I'm sorry.  I tried to bite my tongue but...
>
> Well, could it be that you thought of The Freak as "he" because you're
> "unintentionally sexist."  <grin>

It's certainly very possible.  I've been accused of that in the past, and I know that
many people don't agree with my thoughts on gender.

I'm not holding myself up as a rolemodel, here.

> OH, and speaking as a white male, I just want to say if any one thinks
> I'm sexist and racist*, they're right.  We all are.  It's a part of our
> culture and until we all individually admit it and try to change it, it
> always will be.

So let's individually admit it and try to change it, then.  I've been working on it
for years; not there yet, but getting somewhere.

--
Patrick O'Duffy, Brisbane, Australia

Some days it's like some bastard nailed a ticket for the bus tour
down to fucking Hell to the front of my brain.

 - Spider Jerusalem, TRANSMETROPOLITAN #26



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