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Message: <blockquote data-quote="D. Hargrove" data-source="post: 2993111" data-attributes="member: 41761"><p>The interesting part of all of this is simply, we (maybe just me) old folks just don't get it at all. I personally have absolutely zero understanding of associating with anything myself other than white, male, heterosexual, educated, married, etc, etc. I see others at face value generally and expect the same in return. I have never met anyone that corrected my assumptions as to gender, race or sexual preference. My world is sheltered I suppose in that regard. The current "trending" world of what you see is not always what you get is very strange to try to grasp. I have a decent education with regards to Psychology, not as in depth as some here, but I think I generally "get it". Does the need for acceptance/sympathy of other aspects of human make-up feed this trend of association with other genders, races, etc? Have we become a species of choose your traits vs. take what you were given? It is very different today than when I was growing up, girls were beautiful and sought after, guys were a bit rougher (as in manly) and worked hard to impress them. A woman would wait for the door to be opened for her, chair pulled out at Dinner, and so on. I am not a dinosaur, but my kids have these traits instilled in them, all 6 of them. My wife and daughters wear dresses to church and we fellas slacks, shirt and tie. I pump the gas for my wife, always. So for me to grasp this whole identifying as something other than what I see is a bit awkward.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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