Patricia Aas on Nostr: I feel like we’re not even done with pronouns, but I guess we need to do ...
I feel like we’re not even done with pronouns, but I guess we need to do adjectives.
Consider the following:
“I hate ugly cars”
What does this imply and not imply?
1. it does NOT imply that I hate cars in general
2. actually, by tacking on the adjective “ugly” I’m actually implying that there ARE cars that I don’t hate, otherwise I wouldn’t have needed to specify “ugly”. I could just say “I hate cars”
3. It also implies that there are cars that are NOT “ugly”, because if there weren’t, I also wouldn’t need the adjective. The “ugliness” would be an intrinsic part of cars in general.
So by saying “I hate ugly cars” I am implying that there are cars I don’t think are ugly AND that there are cars I don’t hate.
Good so far?
Ok. You ready?
“Toxic masculinity”
Consider the following:
“I hate ugly cars”
What does this imply and not imply?
1. it does NOT imply that I hate cars in general
2. actually, by tacking on the adjective “ugly” I’m actually implying that there ARE cars that I don’t hate, otherwise I wouldn’t have needed to specify “ugly”. I could just say “I hate cars”
3. It also implies that there are cars that are NOT “ugly”, because if there weren’t, I also wouldn’t need the adjective. The “ugliness” would be an intrinsic part of cars in general.
So by saying “I hate ugly cars” I am implying that there are cars I don’t think are ugly AND that there are cars I don’t hate.
Good so far?
Ok. You ready?
“Toxic masculinity”