| Jamie89 |
02-02-2018 06:12 PM |
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Originally Posted by Maru
(Post 9842942)
Yeah, I don't know enough about Ann's past to feel comfortable slating her when I know that there are people who feel very uncomfortable with a lot of the things that happen on BB (but then why did she go on a show like BB? That's a reasonable criticism as well). I think her religion is by design homophobic (by the common definition of it), but that's a little less than saying she discriminates against people on the basis of homosexuality for fun/evil purposes...
I do think though that having sexuality tossed in the face of people who don't even like to have those very personal conversations out in the open is a quick way to get a negative reaction. I think that can very easily be over-read. :shrug:
This is what I love about Ann and why I support her. I've enjoyed watching her on the show.
And like you, the only real thing that "irks" me about her is the eyerolling. :laugh: But that's because her facial expressions can be quite rude to other people in the room... I don't like that she leaves that open to interpretation as she claims that she cares about her reputation. But you know, I've seen much ruder come out of other people on BB... it's not really that much when you compare her behavior to other people like freaking Bear.
This is true, he has tried to get away from the banter (finally) and talk about non-sexual things. But you can see where maybe someone like her would have trouble taking his views about morality, for example, seriously when he's done the dress drop (very likely staged), has spent a considerable good amount of time talking behind her back, talked cr*p with Andrew and then he wants to talk about what he feels is morally correct?...
She's tried to point out this contradiction (in her view) I think, but she's been more or less dismissed as a miserable old hag/homophobe. (By the way, I'm behind a little in eps, so if something has changed, I've not seen it yet)
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She might take issue with his views on morality, but then she's expressed her disapproval at times when this hasn't been relevant. I hate to keep harping on about the eye rolling :laugh: but it's the best example really, she did it repeatedly as he was talking which implies she wanted him to notice which I'd say was more than just a reactionary 'that's just Ann' thing and makes it more of an intentionally rude thing, and when she was pulled up on it she basically said it's because she wanted him to stop, even though she began only a few seconds into him starting to talk. And although the topic was 'sexuality' it was in no way referencing anything to do with sex, it was purely feelings/life experiences. It's all of this that leads me to believe that her issue probably isn't just the sexual side of of homosexuality, but the topic of homosexuality in general.
I actually think we could do with a new word (yeah I know, not another label :laugh: ) but in a similar way to how the current use of the word gender was introduced as a way of differentiating biological sex with the social constructs of it, I think a word that differentiates somebody's sexuality in a sexual 'who they are attracted to' sense with somebody's social experiences in life that have occurred because of their sexuality could be of great benefit. Because with the latter, it gets referred to as somebody discussing their sexuality but because this has so many sexual connotations with people I think wires often get crossed in conversations about it and peoples intentions get misrepresented. Just a thought really. |
