... i just h a d to mirror my comment to rabbit's de.fec.tive ...
"gospels," DSM-IV, people flawed
women: assimilate these "gospels." society, learn mental illness.
generation.
rosie the riveter demise; june cleaver arise. mental illness, whispered.
generations.
the suffragist movement. mental asylums.
generationss.
chastity belts. mental illness=demonic possession.
generationsss.
women, breeders; mental illness cure? "natural selection."
generationssss.
forward
...women, unburdened, ungospeled, equal; society caring, unquestioning--after all, "most people are flawed in some way," indeed.
we hurts, yes. defective, we are not.
3 comments:
I agree.
yes i agree too.
defect (n.)
c.1420, from L. defectus "failure, revolt," from pp. of deficere "to fail, desert" (see deficient). Defection "falling away from a leader, party, or cause" is first recorded 1546, originally of faith. Defective was a euphemism for "mentally ill" from 1898 to c.1935
wow no wonder i've also at times thought i was defective. in fact that's what my post is about this week. but falling away from something, why does that have to be so bad, it can mean falling into something original, going outside the box. i guess human beings are scared of people who try new things and go for the unusual non accepted perspective. maybe, i'll stay defective then...
"...most people are flawed in some way,..."
And for this I am thankful. The "flaws" make us memorable, lovable, desirable. I would want it no other way.
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