I learnt a new word this morning. And how! Degendering.
de·gen·der (d-jndr)
tr.v. de·gen·dered, de·gen·der·ing, de·gen·ders
To make gender-neutral, as by eliminating reference to gender or sex.
Only yesterday, a lady blogger friend and I had a discussion online which went something like this.
Me: Will we ever have global peace?
LF: NO WAY, as long as man is in charge!
Me: There! You can write a post saying how it will be possible only if all global leaders are women!
LF: If two women in a kitchen cannot agree, how in hell would female global leaders bring around world peace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: Okay, let us compromise then. Let us make all global leaders transgenders.
LF: Great idea!
And this morning I get to read this very interesting article in the Time Magazine. I am wondering if I should buy the book! Should be interesting for someone who repeatedly tried to get his wife to go to work so that he could be a house husband when it would have been scandalous.
Not everything is what it seems – even a Kitchen Cabinet means something else ! Sometimes my word association goes bananas – when I read Degendering , the name DeGenere ( of Ellen fame ) popped into my mind – I think she would make a good President and promote “world peace” ! Or is it only Beauty Queens who do that ?
I think that Ellen can easily compete for Beauty Queen title as well Nandu. She won’t fumble at the question answer stage!
Do you think that lady friend still has her tongue very much in cheek?
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I have not the slightest doubt.
Thus, if world leaders don’t do a good job at making peace, we get to transgenderize them?
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Oops, that should have been “degenderize”, not “transgendrize”!
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Both are perfectly acceptable though I prefer the latter.
Looney, that is a brilliant solution. It needs a lot of publicity. I shall do my bit to spread the word around.
i clicked on your link.
and read it and then a few comments. i quit at the one where the judge refused to stop the alimony pmts for a sex change operation.
this poor guy married a julia. she started getting testosterone shots and wound up getting a new male part. got a divorce. had to pay for all the surgeries and ongoing hormone stuff. she/he is now julio. and the poor husband is still paying alimony! good grief.
and i wish they’d take all those terrorist types who are demoralizing the world and neuter them. there is way too much rampant testosterone running amok. LOL.
yup. turn every one of them into a eunech. unech. uneche. help! LOL.
can’t spell it. turn’em into a transgendered goose. oh yes. and take their gun and their bomb away while you’re at it.
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I think that Looney has got the best solution to the universal problem of global leadership. Please do read his comment.
political correctness gone bananas!
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Nice take on a ticklish subject!
Degender … uh, no. I do not want to be neutral, like being feminine.
blessings ~ maxi
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Quite. Not for the likes of us, but for those who want to be politically correct.