My point was that I thought there were underlying, longer term aspects of Japanese society, especially its inherent sexism, that provide a more succinct explanation than the one posited.
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Somehow this turned into me being an oppressive, homophobic member of the Christian right.
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I used to say, a wee bit of time ago, that you haven't lived till you've dated a truly hot stripper. The ride nearly always ends in a fiery wreck but goddamn is it worth it!
But now, in my premature dotage, I feel the need to modify this for present circumstances and say you haven't lived till you've been accused by a list member of being a general of the army of darkness.
I think that, during my first year in virtual residence here, I was charged with being:
* an FBI agent
* an anti feminist
* an advocate of inciting people to senseless, 1960's "liberation army" style violence
* a techno ostrich who can't face the inevitability of the boldly coming age of artificial intelligence
* a pampered dandy
* an incoherent babbler of incoherent babblings (was that coherent?)
* a hater of Michael Moore because of my delicate, working class phobic sensibilities
and so on...
From time to time, I like to imagine the alternate universe Dwayne we can assemble from these so very off-target critiques. I imagine him wearing an all-black leather outfit, complete with gloves and a high button collar. For some reason, a Tesla coil is always nearby giving off a glorious display. He laughs - a lot and maniacally.
He's an evil, evil dude, that Alterna-Dwayne.
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