Blog 2-Sean

This past week I have found myself with so many things to blog about. I was watching a commercial the other day and the target audience only became clear at the end. How is this you ask? Well, it was an advertisement for Hilton Head Island’s only full spa hotel. It was beautiful, inexpensive at a total cost of $99 for one couple. Then at the end they blew it (for me anyway) by saying “this location is for MARRIED or ENGAGED couples only”. I sat there for a moment pondering if I was thinking too far into what I had just heard. I decided that no, they explicitly wrote a commercial script that had to be approved by lots of people who paid for said advertisement and they chose to say those very definite, firm words “married or engaged”. Why did this bother me? Because I know that marriage and its sibling named engagement are cultural symbols reserved for those who can legally partake in a marriage= heterosexuals in the state of S.C.). I am still very bothered by this, the thought that my wife and I can go on a nice trip to a beach spa hotel but we can’t vacation together with my best friend and her wife. However, one could look at it and also read that this is against single persons as well. Boo on all of that I say, boo. 

I previously posted a video of a little girl who was in the toy area of a chain store with her parent or guardian. This child was so on top of it, she read clear through the gender role and stereotypes that our culture has become fixated on. If she is any indication of a new generation of queer thinking young people and children, then there is hope after all that one-day we can live as we wish.

I also received a link to a wall post of one of my colleague’s children. They are potty training him and were so extremely proud that he got the hang of it. The one thing I noticed in the picture other than the adorable-factor was the fact that they had “installed” a tiny urinal for him to learn to urinate with. Hmmmm… I thought, it seems to me that they are instilling in their son that he is a boy and that as such, he must stand instead of sitting down when he voids his bladder. That is a bit of a scary thought I must admit because, all this child will ever know is that “that is how a man pees” which is what he said to his mommy, thus prompting picture and following adorable moment.

I drew him some little pants and blurred out his face. 

Does any one else have any thoughts on these topics at all?