>>I agree completely that there should be more acceptable marriage options in modern society. But I do have a personal interest in it, being poly.<<
Well, that's cool. I have a lot of poly friends, and otherwise non-mainstream friends. *ponder* Actually, almost all my friends are some flavor of weird.
>> But I also agree it's probably not happening any time soon.<<
On the bright side, younger generations mostly think of sexualized discrimination as baffling nonsense. Of course, these are the kids who grew up with chastisty rings and took up anal sex to save their virginity for marriage. So there's hope for the future.
>> I'm not sure I have faith in a lot of businesses to actually do so - but the climate of capitalism is beginning to change, I think; more companies are seeing the benefits of being socially conscious, and there are a lot of new companies being started up with this sort of philosophy from the get-go.<<
I don't trust business in general. I do trust its deep concern with profitablity and competition. So if social responsibility can be made a factor in business success, then businesses will do it. The ones going in that direction now are doing it to attract customers and high-quality employees; and that works. So then people list those businesses as progressive, Earth-friendly places and the effect builds. Getting boycotted because they dissed people or broke the environment also gets their attention. I have no particular attachment to any one form of activism, although I prefer rational to nonrational methods; I'll use whatever looks like it'll work. It's a giant game of Jenga, always hunting for the loose piece that can be moved, preferably without collapsing the whole society in the process.
>>Yeah, you've been a gender studies scholar for longer than I've been alive, LOL. I wouldn't call it an unfair advantage though, more like I could learn a lot from you.<<
Feel free to drop by my LJ and browse around, then. I have a "gender studies" tag in the sidebar. You might also enjoy reading some of my fiction and poetry, as I often write about gender dynamics in those formats too.
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Re: Thoughts
Date: 2011-05-27 07:28 pm (UTC)Well, that's cool. I have a lot of poly friends, and otherwise non-mainstream friends. *ponder* Actually, almost all my friends are some flavor of weird.
>> But I also agree it's probably not happening any time soon.<<
On the bright side, younger generations mostly think of sexualized discrimination as baffling nonsense. Of course, these are the kids who grew up with chastisty rings and took up anal sex to save their virginity for marriage. So there's hope for the future.
>> I'm not sure I have faith in a lot of businesses to actually do so - but the climate of capitalism is beginning to change, I think; more companies are seeing the benefits of being socially conscious, and there are a lot of new companies being started up with this sort of philosophy from the get-go.<<
I don't trust business in general. I do trust its deep concern with profitablity and competition. So if social responsibility can be made a factor in business success, then businesses will do it. The ones going in that direction now are doing it to attract customers and high-quality employees; and that works. So then people list those businesses as progressive, Earth-friendly places and the effect builds. Getting boycotted because they dissed people or broke the environment also gets their attention. I have no particular attachment to any one form of activism, although I prefer rational to nonrational methods; I'll use whatever looks like it'll work. It's a giant game of Jenga, always hunting for the loose piece that can be moved, preferably without collapsing the whole society in the process.
>>Yeah, you've been a gender studies scholar for longer than I've been alive, LOL. I wouldn't call it an unfair advantage though, more like I could learn a lot from you.<<
Feel free to drop by my LJ and browse around, then. I have a "gender studies" tag in the sidebar. You might also enjoy reading some of my fiction and poetry, as I often write about gender dynamics in those formats too.