[Quiet Man Cometh]

I've only ever watched maybe five episodes of Deep Space Nine, and that one I actually did see. I think I now the Cardassian guy you are talking about and I'm fond of him too, though I can't say I noticed any extra flirting habits but it's not something I'm likely to notice anyway.

It sucks but I believe that it's correct that lesbainism is generally accepted more than being gay. It might be a holdover from the days when a woman's job in life was to look pretty and get a husband. Female sexuality is therefore something of value and 'normal' in women. Being gay doesn't fit with the idea of the man as the head of the household, intellectual person in charge, etc. A man's job is *not* to look pretty to get a partner therefore visible male sexuality is improper, unless there are pretty females aroud.

I'm a feminist, and you've hit on what I think is a major problem with the current movement with this thread Alex, that being that traits considered "feminine" are still undervalued (which is what led to the whole notion of female inferiority in the first place). Feminie traits are seen as below masculine ones, but instead of these habits both being viewed as valuable, it's become "okay" for a woman to act in a masculine fashion but it's still not okay for a man to act feminine.

A girl can walk down the street in pants and no one bats an eye (something previously forbidden to women) but a man walking down the street in a skirt is likely to get slugged. Even a kilt is something of a joke though it tends to be more good natured.

I hate gender politics but it is really something that needs to be addressed in society.