Some thoughts and observations
If you are wearing fleece pants, a fleece jacket, and a full layer of foundation at the gym, guess what? You aren't working hard enough. Push those pedals, woman!
A wo-man took the crosstrainer next to mine yesterday. I like to consider myself pretty progressive, but I still find it really hard not to stare and the 50+ year old wo-man with the delicate hands, wedding ring, blond ponytail, and matching full mustache and flavor saver. All sorts of questions come to mind. Hormone therapy? If this person is transitioning, it just makes me sad to think that s/he is making the change so late in life. Many years of confusion. Or perhaps she just embraces the extra facial hair and does not feel obliged to abide by social norms. Wow! That's pretty cool. But does that mean it is more or less okay for me to stare? Does the fact that I am curious make me a bad, voyeuristic person? What is the difference between curiosity and judgment? Can the object of curiosity tell if s/he is being judged?
Such is my eventful life in suburbia.
A wo-man took the crosstrainer next to mine yesterday. I like to consider myself pretty progressive, but I still find it really hard not to stare and the 50+ year old wo-man with the delicate hands, wedding ring, blond ponytail, and matching full mustache and flavor saver. All sorts of questions come to mind. Hormone therapy? If this person is transitioning, it just makes me sad to think that s/he is making the change so late in life. Many years of confusion. Or perhaps she just embraces the extra facial hair and does not feel obliged to abide by social norms. Wow! That's pretty cool. But does that mean it is more or less okay for me to stare? Does the fact that I am curious make me a bad, voyeuristic person? What is the difference between curiosity and judgment? Can the object of curiosity tell if s/he is being judged?
Such is my eventful life in suburbia.
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