Re: Armenian lesbians/gays
Siggy and Sip: Social scientists generally agree that people who have dualistic or black-white thinking are at a much more primitive stage of development than those who can see things in a more nuanced way. In other words, folks like Mos and Levon who see women as either virgins or sl-ts, who see men and women as having set roles, who see their views as taking precedence over others, who see the world through the lens of nationality or race, who believe their way is the *only* way for everyone, who think you can't be a man and be gay, you can't be a normal person who happens to enjoy intimacy with the same sex, you can't be an Armenian and not follow religion, you can't have self-respect and not dress like a Mennonite... these guys and all who think like them are, by definition, more primitive than those who can see shades of gray, than those who can accommodate ambivalence or both/and thinking, and who can respect other people's ideas as different but equal.
I would love to see what their lives look like in 20 years...
Siggy and Sip: Social scientists generally agree that people who have dualistic or black-white thinking are at a much more primitive stage of development than those who can see things in a more nuanced way. In other words, folks like Mos and Levon who see women as either virgins or sl-ts, who see men and women as having set roles, who see their views as taking precedence over others, who see the world through the lens of nationality or race, who believe their way is the *only* way for everyone, who think you can't be a man and be gay, you can't be a normal person who happens to enjoy intimacy with the same sex, you can't be an Armenian and not follow religion, you can't have self-respect and not dress like a Mennonite... these guys and all who think like them are, by definition, more primitive than those who can see shades of gray, than those who can accommodate ambivalence or both/and thinking, and who can respect other people's ideas as different but equal.
I would love to see what their lives look like in 20 years...
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