Has anyone noticed the use of the word "partner" instead of husband/wife? Maybe I am crazy but I see that online as well as hear that on tv. It just seems like another thing where the vast majority of people have to change something that most see as normal/common to accommodate a few.
That kind of reminds me of an actress who was speaking at the college graduation at a women's college and told the women that they can be anything they wanted, achieve anything they wanted, or marry any man they wanted. This was in 05 so the attacks on her weren't many but a gay group did attack her for not including gays in they marrying part. Somebody on the radio said that people are free to live how they want but the fact of the matter is that heterosexuality is the norm in society, and to act like it isn't is absurd.
I'm a very much live and let live person, but I do find it ridiculous today with the whole diversity/inclusion obsession that we have pretend that small percentages of people make up a much larger amount or have to ignore basic reality.
Whenever I hear "partner" I assume it's a same-sex relationship.
Very annoying seeing people expand the usage to hetero relationships.
Noticed it years and years ago. For all the gay pride horseshit they sure do like to refer to themselves using as bland as terms as possible.
I mean partner? Come the fuck on are you a bloody law firm or something?
Partners in crime? Business partners? Project partners? Hey partner (you have to read it with a TV Texas accent)
Well, duh. It's a courtesy for people that aren't comfortable when I say boy friend, husband, pair-bonded butt buddy, sausage exchange units or eight inch prostate jockey.
Partner lets them ignore all that without embarrassment. /s
I noticed.
One reason for it that I noticed was that it blurs the line between married and dating. Dating for a long period without marriage makes someone look bad. As does not being married in general after a certain age. So by blurring that line you can erase the implications of the word "boyfriend" on your character.
Another thing I noticed, and I don't have a reason just an anecdote, is that the "butchier" lesbians will still use "wife" while the soft ones will always say partner.
Leftists are not being forced to use this terminology. They are adopting it willingly and enthusiastically as a pledge of allegiance to leftist orthodoxy. It's a virtue signal as well, to be sure, but that's only in public. At the dinner table with family, where there is no social validation to be harvested, using radical leftist terminology is a direct challenge against you.
And just as you've flagged these people in your mind as having succumbed to leftist indoctrination, they have flagged you, too, as existing outside of the hivemind. They know that when this conflict goes hot, you will not be on their side.
Its an instant visceral reaction from me... ok, maybe thats an exaggeration but i instantly roll my eyes because i can picture exactly what anyone typing that shit looks like.
Much like my partner has if I start too rough.
And my partners eyes also if I'm too pokey pokey fasty fasty.
"Partner" have been a thing in Aus since about the fucking 90's hahahaha
I agree with the point you're making, but people use 'partner' for all kinds of reasons. I use it because saying 'boyfriend/girlfriend' once you get over the age of 25 makes you sound like a child, and saying 'husband' makes it sound like I'm doing the 'look at me, I'm a woman teehee' thing. I'd sooner have people online assume that I'm a gay man rather than a woman, so I just say partner.
What do you mean by “look at me I’m a woman”? I’m a man so why would it be odd to refer to my wife as my wife? I also have heard the term mother and father are under fire by some. I guess I’m just tired of the gender neutral stuff where it isn’t needed.
Not trying to argue with you just want some clarification.
That's a really neat piece of wisdom there. It's something I've gone through a lot as I got older. A lot of people seemed to judge me at times for that very thing. It wasn't until I put into my head that I am an adult. I've even questioned some critical people before, I have a job, I pay my bills, and I take care of things I'm responsible for, is that not what an adult is? Because I enjoy "kids" things for entertainment and haven't stuffed my inner child away in a box does not make me not an adult.
Thanks! CS Lewis was a wise man. I love his books
It’s not always so much about “maturity” though as it is about being self conscious about almost like playing a character. Like someone that orders drinks at a bar like they’re Frank Sinatra or some shit
Cause a lot of the time iIt's seen as attention whoring and like you're trying to subtley declare that 'I'm a woman teehee don't hit on me silly boys' so you should be entitled to attention and free stuff. Granted all my experience has been in online games, but life is often easier letting people believe you're a gay man. So if it ever comes up I just default to 'partner' if it's among people I don't know very well.
In 05 gays weren’t free to marry whoever they wanted anywhere in the states at that time. For her to say that would have made no sense