Exactly, I had no problems with Tai's portrayal for the same reason ... all the others just seemed to be her version of poly, not a statement about what poly was in total, whereas this statement felt much more like a statement about poly, not a personal version of poly. Even with the focus on casual sex, I haven't taken exception to Tai at all until this strip.
Jeph does seem to think that Monday's strip will clear everything up, so I'm hopeful that this was just an unfortunate choice of phrasing.
As for the boys, I noticed that the approval of the vaccine for boys met with almost no media coverage, compared to the veritable shit-storm that preceded & followed the girl's approval. It's joked that if guys had a particular suffering that girls typically do, the "fix" would be immediately forthcoming & expected (i.e. if men got pregnant, abortions would be covered by insurance & celebrated with stag parties afterwards). So I was hoping that the realization that HPV caused male cancers too would change opinions.
Instead, not only has it not seemed to change anyone's opinion, but it seems to be swept under the rug as if they want to pretend no one ever said that boys get cancer and medical science found a way to prevent it.
But, that's where I come in ... to shout at people until they hear :-D
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Date: 2/8/10 03:53 am (UTC)From:Jeph does seem to think that Monday's strip will clear everything up, so I'm hopeful that this was just an unfortunate choice of phrasing.
As for the boys, I noticed that the approval of the vaccine for boys met with almost no media coverage, compared to the veritable shit-storm that preceded & followed the girl's approval. It's joked that if guys had a particular suffering that girls typically do, the "fix" would be immediately forthcoming & expected (i.e. if men got pregnant, abortions would be covered by insurance & celebrated with stag parties afterwards). So I was hoping that the realization that HPV caused male cancers too would change opinions.
Instead, not only has it not seemed to change anyone's opinion, but it seems to be swept under the rug as if they want to pretend no one ever said that boys get cancer and medical science found a way to prevent it.
But, that's where I come in ... to shout at people until they hear :-D