I need to give credit to Sarah Duda for yesterday's photo, it was a photo she took of me at Hemingway's in Toronto, which as you all know served as the inspiration for Jackie's Place in my novel. Ahhh... I miss Jackie's Place, they always played the best music. But I digress, I just want to give a shout out to Sarah for taking that photo, and also this one.
Now onto the business of exploding uteruses (?). I posted a comment yesterday in response to Katie's militant feminist post. I don't think anyone read it. Well, actually, I just checked, and one person did. Hugh. In any case, here is the comment in its entirety:
Well, it looks like being pretty isn't the only thing we women need to worry about. Apparently we also have to worry about being excluded from participating in sports on the basis that our uteruses might explode. Yes, you read that correctly. Just read an article about how women are not allowed to participate in ski jumping in the Olympics (but men are) on the basis that their bodies cannot withstand the impact. Here is a quote "one official... warned their uterus might burst and another who worried that their spines could break on impact with the ground". Please note, women are also not allowed to participate in boxing (in the Olympics). I wonder what the argument is there, their pretty faces might explode?"
I would just like to add that our uteruses have a pretty sketchy history in medical science. Hysteria (a term no longer used) used to be attributed to "a wandering uterus"... yeah, a uterus that would just up and float around the body. Damn, I guess that would make me hysterical, too.
Everyone who participates in NaNoWriMo should notice Jill's time-honored technique for upping the word count: cut and paste a lengthy quote *from your own novel* into a different section of the novel. Well done, Jill!
ReplyDeleteOn another note... glad to see these sporting officials have women's best interest at heart. I personally would hate it if my spine broke while I was in the middle of setting a world record for my sport.
Hmm why does nobody have the safety of men at their best interest. There are several sports that I can think of where there could be exploding testicles! Why can't we get them banned from the Olympics?
ReplyDeleteOn a more serious note this is actually a pretty big problem and one that I cannot understand. Even in rowing they do not have the same events for men and women. I just don't understand it, it makes no sense.
I did read your post, as did Hugh. It was an interesting point! But my hardest exam of the semester was today, so I could not really comment on it yesterday. But now I will.
ReplyDeleteExploding testicles and uteri are a serious issue, Jill. Do you want your uterus to explode? Probably, because you're a family-hating Marxist-feminist communist.
Agreed, Katie. I especially hate uteri. According to spell check, uteri is the correct plural form for uterus.
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