{"id":24223,"date":"2023-02-28T20:40:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T00:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=24223"},"modified":"2023-02-28T20:40:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T00:40:23","slug":"mr-richard-martineau-men-women-and-others-gender-department-we-are-spoilt-for-choice-les-hommes-les-femmes-et-les-autres-rayon-genre-on-a-lembarras-du-choix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2023\/02\/28\/mr-richard-martineau-men-women-and-others-gender-department-we-are-spoilt-for-choice-les-hommes-les-femmes-et-les-autres-rayon-genre-on-a-lembarras-du-choix\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Richard Martineau: “Men, women, and others: Gender department, we are spoilt for choice…” [“Les hommes, les femmes et les autres: rayon genre, on a l’embarras du choix…]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today, Mr. Richard Martineau published a sarcastically funny yet highly thoughtful article in the Journal de Montr\u00e9al<\/em>. Bambi does not want to go to bed without sharing its quick English translation, thanks to the assistance of Mr. Google Translate<\/em> (https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ZbucKV<\/a>). Food for thought… Of course, if you still care to think (ideally critically think), not just blindly conform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When it comes to sexuality, I’m open.<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only thing I ask is that relationships take place between consenting adults. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If these conditions are met, mix and swing your company, as Jean-Pierre Ferland <\/em>[A French-Canadian artist] sings.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike our institutions and more and more companies, which want to know who their employees are sleeping with, I believe that what happens in bedrooms (or living rooms, kitchens and furnace rooms, why not) is no one’s business other than those who walk around bare buttocks. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or with no underpants.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAN I HAVE A SMALL COFFEE?<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But a guy may be open, but there are things that are, if not difficult to swallow, at least difficult to understand. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like all new gender names. I admit, I get lost. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel like a guy getting out of prison after 20 years and walking into a Starbucks to get a coffee. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I look at the menu, and I don’t understand anything. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mocha what? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Frappuccino who?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And what is that, pumpkin chai with almond milk? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can I just have a coffee, please? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How were they sold back in the day? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A black, hot liquid poured into a Styrofoam glass? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It does not exist anymore? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s exactly how I feel (and you probably do too) with gender <\/em>[les genres, in French]. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before, there was man and woman. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now it’s like the cereal row at the Metro. You have to read the back of the box to know what you’re eating.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GENDER, you know<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, I have a friend who sent me a screenshot of the College of Physicians website. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a College member wants to renew their membership, they are asked if they are: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Feminine <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Male <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Agender<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Non-conforming to a gender <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Gender fluid <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Non-binary <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Transmasculine <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Transfeminine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Two-spirited <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Bigender <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Cisgender<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Multiple gender <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Other.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I tell you, I am open. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your body, your sex, your gender \u2013 perfect! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just want to understand… <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s the difference between “Gender Non-Conforming”, “Gender Multiple”, “Gender Fluid”, “Agender” and “Non-Binary”? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not all the same thing, is it? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looks like the Sico paint catalog. There’s ‘White’, ‘White Igloo’, ‘Mushroom Moss’, ‘Cotton Oil’, ‘Pina Colada’, ‘Fleur de Sel’ and ‘Pale Birch’. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I fixed each colour for 15 minutes, but I didn’t see any difference. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are seven kinds of white. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One is white, and the other is… white. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as far as I am concerned, in the College of Physicians’ list of gender, the one that intrigues me the most is \u201cOther\u201d. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are there really people who do not find themselves in ANY of the categories offered? Wow!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are they? Trigender? Flexigender? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far as I am concerned,<\/em> if you know someone who is \u201cOther\u201d, please introduce them to me, I want to know what they look like! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LONG LIVE THE LABELS! <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s still weird, isn’t it? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wokes keep telling us they hate labels. However, they release a new label every two weeks! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a gender…<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P.S: If you read this post until its end and you are not “triggered” by its content, bravo to you. This means you may have perhaps learned to build a thick skin, which is an asset in life. If you are too offended, perhaps you want to re-consider visiting this blog. Regardless of your final decision, Bambi welcomes you while wishing you all the best in your life… and bedroom too. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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