Confronting STEREOTYPES (Large & Small) amongst the STATESIDERS . . .
Living at present amongst the Statesiders, I am situate in Marietta, COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA :
The same place where Leo Frank -- a Jewish businessman -- was LYNCHED by an Anti-Semitic mob in 1915.
Seeing the world through the eyes of the human and behavioural sciences (especially Socio-Cultural Anthropology / Volkekunde and Sociology / Sosiologie), much of my time is an exercise in what we term "participant observation."
In that role, I recognise easily the STEREOTYPES, . . . large and small.
Recently, a bigot spoke in crude and disparaging terms about "big breasted Jewish girls."
Whilst NEITHER losing my temper NOR altering my public demeanor, I replied matter-of-factly, . . . mentioning the following :
** For the record, what matters about breasts is the particular WOMAN to whom the breasts are attached.
** But my last Israeli girlfriend was more along the Kate Beckinsale line, . . . in more ways than one.
Later, I thought :
This land of STEREOTYPES is so often a tiresome as well as an inhospitable place. (The reference is to my own more-or-less immediate surroundings, . . . and to the history and human geography thereof.)
I grow weary of it. Weary and wary. More so on some days than others.
~ Campbell Randt
The same place where Leo Frank -- a Jewish businessman -- was LYNCHED by an Anti-Semitic mob in 1915.
Seeing the world through the eyes of the human and behavioural sciences (especially Socio-Cultural Anthropology / Volkekunde and Sociology / Sosiologie), much of my time is an exercise in what we term "participant observation."
In that role, I recognise easily the STEREOTYPES, . . . large and small.
Recently, a bigot spoke in crude and disparaging terms about "big breasted Jewish girls."
Whilst NEITHER losing my temper NOR altering my public demeanor, I replied matter-of-factly, . . . mentioning the following :
** For the record, what matters about breasts is the particular WOMAN to whom the breasts are attached.
** But my last Israeli girlfriend was more along the Kate Beckinsale line, . . . in more ways than one.
Later, I thought :
This land of STEREOTYPES is so often a tiresome as well as an inhospitable place. (The reference is to my own more-or-less immediate surroundings, . . . and to the history and human geography thereof.)
I grow weary of it. Weary and wary. More so on some days than others.
~ Campbell Randt
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RE : KATE BECKINSALE . . . (UNDERWORLD) . . .
Yesterday, as I walked past a newsstand, I happened to notice the current cover of ESQUIRE MAGAZINE, which proclaims that KATE BECKINSALE is "the sexiest woman alive" . . . ! ! !
Whilst I would NOT personally have made so sweeping a statement, I did recall this ISRAEL INSIDER discussion from 25 August 2009, when I cited KATE BECKINSALE (and my last Israeli girlfriend) as examples which demonstrate that the attractiveness of breasts depends entirely upon the PARTICULAR woman to whom the breasts are attached.
In other words, comparatively speaking, size is an irrelevant variable.
Via circuitous fashion, the current ESQUIRE cover seems to vindicate my remarks from the original post with which I began this discussion on 25 August.
And perhaps my last Israeli girlfriend will also appreciate the analogy, although her familiarities with KATE BECKINSALE are confined primarily to the cinema of the Gothic genre (UNDERWORLD).
~ Campbell Randt
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