(August 7, 2017 at 9:50 pm)Astonished Wrote:(August 7, 2017 at 9:34 pm)Tres Leches Wrote: I agree with the others who've said atheism is not a way of life but simply an absence of belief in gods. Being confined to traditional, gender-conforming roles doesn't work for me but if you and your boyfriend agree on who is going to do what in your relationship, who am I to judge?
The only advice I have for you is to finish your education! Education is a great way to be exposed to other points of view and other ways of living that don't necessarily fall into line with your own ideas.
-Teresa
A rational, intelligent and intellectually honest person, one would hope. Armed with evidence that such a relationship is demonstrably harmful. That's who you could be, to judge.
What's harmful about a traditional relationship?
In relation to the original post where both participants enjoy the traditional male or female role in the relationship.
Saying someone is "confined" to gender conforming roles makes it sound bad, but being confined to what you want, until/if you change your mind, is just part of making decisions.
Someone who's a dominatrix lesbian with a female partner is confined to that role for as long as they participate in it just as a female who is traditionally married and cooks, cleans looks after kids while he goes to work is confined to that role.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
