ext_19878 ([identity profile] scythe-of-time.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] pktechgirlbackup 2011-02-19 10:57 pm (UTC)

Oh, I totally agree with everything here. The "why should I have to explain it" just means that they we aren't recognizing that LBers are totally capable of getting feminism and how it makes us feel, we're just not speaking the same language. LBers tend to think logically and in a linear fashion, whereas we RBers are all over the place, making connections and hyperbole and exaggerations to express how we feel, rather than "this statistic + this statistic = this systemic trend. Period." We always have to tack on "and that's wrooooooooooooonnnnggggg, because of this anecedata!"

Also, it's not that left-brained people mimic assholes; it's just that, from my experience, left-brained people don't tend to get the importance that right-brained people place on feelings. (Which is not to say that left-brained people don't feel, good heavens, no, just that left-brained people process hard data like "you can buy a curtain rod cheaper than DIYing it; why on earth are you pursuing this course?" rather than "DIYing a curtain rod would make me feel accomplished.) To a RBer, how one feels about the process is *everything*, whereas a LBer cares about the results as a whole.

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