People are people, people….
So I was scrolling through the internet to find out more things to do in Asheville, NC since I will be heading there this spring as a nice get-away. It is going to rock. I love the diversity, the artwork, music, mountain terrain, trees, open-minded people and food. It's a really awesome place to be. I found a website with some menu headings.... showing "Cabins and Cottages, Downtown Asheville, News and Articles, Real Estate, Gay and Lesbian, Maps and Weather, Hiking, Gay Real Estate, Restaurants, Outdoor Guide..." Wait. Really? Hold on. Let me look at that again... http://www.romanticasheville.com/gayandlesbian.html Perhaps I have not visited enough travel guide websites, but it was an eye-opener for me to see: First—an isolated section for Gay and Lesbian listed as a category and menu item with specific things to do, just for them--second, the Gay Real Estate subsection. Ok. I'll break it down for you in a minute. Gay Real Estate included information about gay neighborhoods and cottages owned mostly by gay men (I noted that as I searched through the site, it was a little bit stereotypically skewed to cater to gay men, an interesting intersection of orientation and gender). Hold all those phones, just hold them all for a second!!! Your horses too. There is many a cow to be had.
I love all kinds of people and have that desire for equality for all, just like many modern middle-class white heterosexual women do within a degree of invisible privilege that must be recognized, especially in a Women’s and Gender class like this. People are people, people! I think each individual person would love to do a wide variety of different things in Asheville, NC, romantic or touristy.
I can see why there is a need and a growing market for Gay Real Estate, or neighborhoods that are gay-friendly. Of course there is a gay community, and in the heterosexual bird cage, there’s got to be a social network that gives that community the freedom to find others to date, (for example, gay bars, under the things to do of the Gay and Lesbian section) and the freedom to not be judged constantly by your own neighbors. I mean, come on. As a heterosexual woman of this planet, I personally enjoy the freedom of being able to meet and date people. I also like having respectful neighbors that understand me.
What makes me pause is the fact that our society just isn't judgment free yet, and there remains a need for gay-friendly neighborhoods and website menus identifying a group with what really looks like isolated stereotypical "things they might like to do," and neighborhoods or cottages, just for "them," by “them” for “their” social protection from –those- that would oppress “them.” Who are “they?” Why aren’t they considered part of what forms us? I wish the social judgements of –those- that create touchy social boundaries ceased to exist.
Gay and Lesbian Things To Do: Highlighted in introduction text is the art, crafts, galleries, bakeries and flowers…. And pictures of gay men mostly enjoying those things. Where did the lesbian things to do go exactly? Are they stereotypically identified to enjoy the art and crafts as much? There is some balance, but it’s skewed a bit to appeal to gay men using their stereotypically identified characteristics. In addition to the highlights, they mention everything I want to do too. So the only thing that’s different in what I want to do in Asheville would be the gay bar scene. Why not just have the gay/lesbian dating ideas presented instead of an isolated things to do category?
Gay and Lesbian Real Estate: People that have been stereotyped sometimes group up as an identity to create their own freedom, because frankly, they’re not enjoying the bird cage much anyway. This can become a bad cycle when they isolate themselves as an identified group, but also something good because they aren’t being judged for happening to exist. To break the cycle, social judgment must stop here. I like how this is happening in the city of Asheville, but wary of the title, Gay and Lesbian Real Estate... it acts in a similar fashion to the things to do idea...
Why is there so much beef with sexual orientation? Is this menu item any different from having a category full of exciting things to do for Latinos based on racial stereotypes? It gets beefy when you analyze the construction of our social norm. and the fact that social behavior is even more carefully under control than judgment over something like race.
These are people, people! It is my opinion that love does not judge.
So I was scrolling through the internet to find out more things to do in Asheville, NC since I will be heading there this spring as a nice get-away. It is going to rock. I love the diversity, the artwork, music, mountain terrain, trees, open-minded people and food. It's a really awesome place to be. I found a website with some menu headings.... showing "Cabins and Cottages, Downtown Asheville, News and Articles, Real Estate, Gay and Lesbian, Maps and Weather, Hiking, Gay Real Estate, Restaurants, Outdoor Guide..." Wait. Really? Hold on. Let me look at that again... http://www.romanticasheville.com/gayandlesbian.html Perhaps I have not visited enough travel guide websites, but it was an eye-opener for me to see: First—an isolated section for Gay and Lesbian listed as a category and menu item with specific things to do, just for them--second, the Gay Real Estate subsection. Ok. I'll break it down for you in a minute. Gay Real Estate included information about gay neighborhoods and cottages owned mostly by gay men (I noted that as I searched through the site, it was a little bit stereotypically skewed to cater to gay men, an interesting intersection of orientation and gender). Hold all those phones, just hold them all for a second!!! Your horses too. There is many a cow to be had.
I love all kinds of people and have that desire for equality for all, just like many modern middle-class white heterosexual women do within a degree of invisible privilege that must be recognized, especially in a Women’s and Gender class like this. People are people, people! I think each individual person would love to do a wide variety of different things in Asheville, NC, romantic or touristy.
I can see why there is a need and a growing market for Gay Real Estate, or neighborhoods that are gay-friendly. Of course there is a gay community, and in the heterosexual bird cage, there’s got to be a social network that gives that community the freedom to find others to date, (for example, gay bars, under the things to do of the Gay and Lesbian section) and the freedom to not be judged constantly by your own neighbors. I mean, come on. As a heterosexual woman of this planet, I personally enjoy the freedom of being able to meet and date people. I also like having respectful neighbors that understand me.
What makes me pause is the fact that our society just isn't judgment free yet, and there remains a need for gay-friendly neighborhoods and website menus identifying a group with what really looks like isolated stereotypical "things they might like to do," and neighborhoods or cottages, just for "them," by “them” for “their” social protection from –those- that would oppress “them.” Who are “they?” Why aren’t they considered part of what forms us? I wish the social judgements of –those- that create touchy social boundaries ceased to exist.
Gay and Lesbian Things To Do: Highlighted in introduction text is the art, crafts, galleries, bakeries and flowers…. And pictures of gay men mostly enjoying those things. Where did the lesbian things to do go exactly? Are they stereotypically identified to enjoy the art and crafts as much? There is some balance, but it’s skewed a bit to appeal to gay men using their stereotypically identified characteristics. In addition to the highlights, they mention everything I want to do too. So the only thing that’s different in what I want to do in Asheville would be the gay bar scene. Why not just have the gay/lesbian dating ideas presented instead of an isolated things to do category?
Gay and Lesbian Real Estate: People that have been stereotyped sometimes group up as an identity to create their own freedom, because frankly, they’re not enjoying the bird cage much anyway. This can become a bad cycle when they isolate themselves as an identified group, but also something good because they aren’t being judged for happening to exist. To break the cycle, social judgment must stop here. I like how this is happening in the city of Asheville, but wary of the title, Gay and Lesbian Real Estate... it acts in a similar fashion to the things to do idea...
Why is there so much beef with sexual orientation? Is this menu item any different from having a category full of exciting things to do for Latinos based on racial stereotypes? It gets beefy when you analyze the construction of our social norm. and the fact that social behavior is even more carefully under control than judgment over something like race.
These are people, people! It is my opinion that love does not judge.
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