I don't even have the words.

[bluefall]

You know what? Fuck everything. Everything.










I'm sorry. I don't even have a rant for this. I don't even...

Jesus fucking Christ.

Comments

[karunya]

Right on, C.F.!! Women are always measured by the masculinity of their "heroic" efforts; the female soldier/firefighter/etc. is lauded for "doing a man's job". I'm no hero, but I've noticed that I get a 180-degree difference in people's reaction when I'm described as a "fire department chaplain" -- a traditionally male position -- than as a "nursing home chaplain". Talked an Alzheimer's patient out of committing suicide today -- not heroic, cuz it was in a nursing home. If I talk someone down off the local bridge, that's different because it's Fire Department work.

[cuntfucius]

You're an awesome person for that and I applaud you for that. It takes a lot of courage and a sort of investment that most people can't handle. It's very courageous and, as you stated, devalued because it doesn't fit the framework of heroism that we're often shown through images (of men) and language (words such as noble, fighting, justice, all of that...what we associate it with, and when we get it in a word bubble coming out of Wonder Woman's mouth that his brand of heroism is better than what her hunted down, brave, surviving sisters have taught her).

[greenmask]

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