[extropy-chat] Religion: Three Wise ...Maji?

[Brent Neal]

 (2/10/04 8:18) Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:

>Well, a chair, being an upright construction of hard materials, is
>obviously a phallic symbol, and as such is inappropriate as it is a
>sign of the perpetuation of the phallocracy. A more feminine title
>would be "Bean", as in bean bag, or the shape of the ovary. However, we
>wouldn't want to perpetuate mysognistic stereotypes of 'clitocracy', so
>a more neutral piece of furniture should be adopted. Perhaps "Couch"
>would work. It is inclusive, as multiple persons can sit on a couch,
>and it rhyms with "coach", who encourages performance, rather than
>dictating it.
>
>All hail the Couch.
>


However, by implicitly upholding the sexual dimorphism imposed upon us by our heterophallocratic society, you perpetuate the oppression of those who transgress the gender and sexual norms. How dare you! *shock, horror*


;)

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