Bloke- erette

Had a read of THE AGE today, and there was a really interesting article on whether men should or should not wear accessories aka jewelleries. The fact would be that even men would like to be able to doll themselves up nice and pretty. These days, a walk down the streets, in the classroom, and work, most men no longer smell like an old locker room or a smelly sock. Instead, they have transformed into perfumed diffusers. Really. Go up to the nearest guy and take a good whiff. No stink. No manly smell. For me, a good smelling man would definitely get into my good books.

Imagine this scenario. A man whom i find myself very much attracted to comes up to me and says, hi would you like to go out for dinner? A quick whiff of that after-smell of onions and beef that he remained in his breath would kill any possible potential of a date. Nowadays, men carry tissues, blotters, breath mints and even lip-balm. It's true that men should indeed get in touch with their femine side, but really, blokes, don't overdo it.

One of my friends recently remarked on the use of estrogens about aquarians ( a nice way to put things, with no prejudice) who actually inject themselves with these female inducing hormones in order to grow...of all things, breasts. Seriously, i do understand and sympathize the fact that unfortunately we have fixed genders which have been enforced since the day we were born. However, the issue of the day revolves around the fact that despite whatever we do, there comes a point where we have to make a choice in an almost impossible situation, where for instance, you believe you are more femine then bloke-ish. Then, that's a choice between society and yourself. A tough one to make if i would say so.

Personally, i think, the freedom to choice one's sexuality without prejudice is a human right to start with, though i have to agree that there is a certain amount of pre-conceptions that have been formed eons ago that are hard to correct. I've heard from my friends before how army guys have to be protected from the growing number of "she-males" in the army. Infact, they are given the privilege of having a clerk job, in an air-con room, where they need not fret about the possiblities of worrying about getting a nasty sun-burn, or being harrassed over their sexuality. There are certain positive points too, their assigned jobs provides opportunities to know more like-minded people. Nothing more in a day's work.

These people too have their rights. If they are abused by hetrosexuals, they can sue them for over-stepping their social and private boundaries, for disrespecting their rights as individuals. The truth is that these tax- paying members of society, whom like us all, have much more rights and says then we do, if...of course, they know the rules, and they decide to step out of the closet and into the open world.

Life really isn't that bad even if your different. At least, you know they all suck.