Glen writes:
< I think this captures the irony in the youngsters' use of the word
"adulting". It's a role and only a role. You sometimes *play* the role and
you sometimes don't. It's like clothing you put on and take off ... much like
an avatar in a video game.
I think it's an authentic attempt to be just a tad more honest about who we are
and our self-image, which is why I mentioned impostor syndrome. And it goes
hand-in-hand, I think, with LGBT rights and the fluidity of gender roles. I
was intrigued when some celebrity (Aubrey Plaza maybe?) came out as *queer*,
not gay. It seems to be an interesting stance wherein the person denies the
(artificial) discretization of gender or sexual preference. >
"Coming out" or asserting an individual to group relationship implies that some
group expectations on individuals are appropriate and that individuals or
sub-groups must negotiate a boundary with a majority. Otherwise, people
would just do whatever they wanted and not even think to mention it. A
truly individualistic society would aim to eliminate all group expectations,
not just one special case at a time. No, you can have cyan hair and a
same-sex partner of another race, but you can't share secrets with the
competitors or wear cutoffs & a t-shirt to an important customer meeting.
There's a short list of the Whatever-Ing options an adult really has.
Marcus
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