--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > > > > I'm not familiar with Chou's jokes about her mother. It > > > > > > > would depend. As to fag hags, that's a bit different, > > > > > > > because fag haggery is a behavior of choice--usually adult > > > > > > > choice--not something one is born into or brought up with. > > > > > > > Behaviors of choice are pretty much fair game, by me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On the other hand, if by making fun of fag hags she's > > > > > > > also making fun of homosexuals *as a group*, that's > > > > > > > another story entirely. > > > > > > > > > > > > Fag hags are women that chase homosexual men because they > are > > > > > > homosexual. > > > > > > > > > > Yes, or women who just hang out with homosexual men. > > > > > > > > Usually those are not given the term "fag hag" unless they hang > > > > with them BECAUSE they are homosexual. > > > > > > Usually that's why women hang out with gay men, > > > but not to chase them. They do it because of the > > > absence of sexual tension; they can enjoy the > > > company of the opposite sex without having to be > > > constantly on guard against being hit on. > > > > > > I went through a period of fag haggery myself when > > > I was a lot younger and not really sure of myself > > > around heterosexual men. (Some of the friends I > > > made then are still among my very closest, so I'm > > > really glad I had the opportunity.) > > > > > > > > Your point was? > > > > > > > > How would making fun of a fag hag be making fun of the people > > they > > > > are chasing? > > > > > > I don't think "chasing" is really it, Lawson. I'm > > > not even sure that's what "fag hag" refers to at all. > > > > > > In the sense I defined it above, making fun of a fag > > > hag could be done on the basis that homosexuals are > > > somehow inferior people (sort of like "nigger lover"). > > > > The only people I've heard referring to fag hags are gay men. > > I can't account for why that would be the case. > I've heard it from all kindsa people. >
Eh, I haven't heard the term for 25 years until recently. Useage changes. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
