Went into the high-class used stuff store in town a few days ago, mostly to look around but also in case they might have a chair I would want for the sun room. (They might, but it’s stashed away behind a bunch of other stuff. I have to go back Tuesday to see it–if they have it out by then.) The proprietor, who is a very nice woman, showed me around the store and then let me browse undisturbed to my heart’s content.
But–the reason this is worth a post is that she was all excited about these two bunnies. Can you guess why? It’s subtle–I didn’t see it until she pointed it out.
They are dressed contrary to stereotype–the “boy” bunny is wearing the pink dress, the “girl” the blue pants. The proprietor was getting a serious hoot out of this–“Cross dressing bunnies! Right here in ______!” And she began looking for a more prominent place to display them 🙂
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I have a gay brother, but I have no gaydar, and that blindness cripples me here. How on earth can you tell which bunny is the “boy” bunny, and which is the “girl”? The bow on top of the one bunny’s head? I don’t know… when our very male dog came back from a pet-grooming place years and years ago, we all laughed at him– partly because he was ridiculously clean, and partly because he was sporting a cute little bow on top of his head. How does one “read” a bow? As masculine? As feminine? Beats me.
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Obviously not doing much with the blog these days. . .
Frankly, that was my first reaction too. I didn’t even notice the bow. But then she pointed out the (pink) bow, and also the eyelashes on one and not the other.
I don’t think this is about gaydar, it’s more about being sensitive (or not) to the genderizing conventions of modern America.
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