Comments on: links for 2008-11-19 http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/11/19/links-for-2008-11-19/ Making the baby Jesus cry since 2002. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:40:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Amber http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/11/19/links-for-2008-11-19/comment-page-1/#comment-33430 Amber Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:28:23 +0000 http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/11/19/links-for-2008-11-19/#comment-33430 Of course not, because that's the definition of privilege - not having to know that privilege exists! Of course not, because that’s the definition of privilege – not having to know that privilege exists!

]]> By: DaisyDeadhead http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/11/19/links-for-2008-11-19/comment-page-1/#comment-33429 DaisyDeadhead Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:26:05 +0000 http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/11/19/links-for-2008-11-19/#comment-33429 Same thing happens when you call the various utility and credit card companies about billing problems, etc. Some of that stuff is in his name, some is in mine, and we can't even remember which ones. We both call, give the other's name, and we are asked "are you MR ___?" or "are you MRS___?" and we get service. They have no way of knowing if we really are legally married or not, except that we have all the necessary account/SS numbers. But see, a soprano voice claiming to be a woman's wife, or a baritone voice claiming to be a man's husband, would not (and is not) given such automatic leeway. Countless privileges with marriage, and heterosexuals would have a FIT if they were taken away. When they say "what is the big deal?"--I often wonder if they are even paying attention to their own lives... Same thing happens when you call the various utility and credit card companies about billing problems, etc. Some of that stuff is in his name, some is in mine, and we can’t even remember which ones. We both call, give the other’s name, and we are asked “are you MR ___?” or “are you MRS___?” and we get service. They have no way of knowing if we really are legally married or not, except that we have all the necessary account/SS numbers. But see, a soprano voice claiming to be a woman’s wife, or a baritone voice claiming to be a man’s husband, would not (and is not) given such automatic leeway.

Countless privileges with marriage, and heterosexuals would have a FIT if they were taken away. When they say “what is the big deal?”–I often wonder if they are even paying attention to their own lives…

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