I try not to be too sensitive about stuff like this, but it is discouraging that even today people sometimes feel they have to preface the word "nurse" with the word "male," when their nurse happens to be a man. It is discouraging to see a supposedly progressive news organization like Yahoo! continuing to "otherize" us males by using such verbiage:
London (AFP) - A Filipino male nurse was jailed for life with a minimum of 35 years on Tuesday for poisoning 21 patients with insulin at a British hospital, two of whom died. Nurse jailed for life for poisoning patients - Yahoo News
It reminds me of when I was telling my friends and family I was going to nursing school. I remember how my pastor told me, "Do you really want to spend your life being a male nurse?" To which I replied, "No, I want to spend my life being a nurse."
Seriously? What if people called someone a "female doctor" or a "female lawyer?" This is silly.
I remember way back in clinicals at the VA a male veteran asked me if I was gay. I said no, I was married to a woman, etc. He asked to see a picture of her. I obliged. He said okay, you can touch me. Afterwards I felt embarrassed for myself. I should not have to defend my profession or throw my gay colleagues under the bus like that.
I know, flame me or say these are "microaggressions." Maybe you are right. But it is not fair either to our male or female colleagues.
You say that like it would mean something to everybody. What the butt is a silk aerialist? Could you imagine knowing in your heart 100% that's what you wanted to be in your life at 4? Is it a lucrative gig? I don't recall any three time reigning, defending "fighting champion" silk aerial guys on my Wheaties boxes.
Who are they? Are they just arrogant about it like, "look dude, don't even try to silk aerial like me. You just wouldn't "get it," man. Don't embarrass yourself.
Or maybe it goes the other way: They're just all laid back and hippie about it. "Silk aerial, man. It's pretty much the ultimate form of expression."
I'd like to think there's at least one silk aerialist that acts like Axl Rose for no reason whatsoever. The "Bad Boy" of silk aerial.
He's always late, in a bad mood and in no condition to perform, but he's just so damn good at it that the rules just simply cannot be applied to him.
Farawyn
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I'm old (school)
I also like the original The Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel.
Favorite Mumford song is "White Blank Page"
Carry on.