The Bindlestiffs were known and respected for granting the loquacious sex membership on a strictly equal footing with boys, including full opportunities for promotion.
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"the loquacious sex"
Weird to think how women got the stereotype of talking a lot when men have tried to keep women's voices silent for most of history. I suppose in that environment, where you never want to hear a woman's opinion on any topic, any amount of speaking seems like too much. Maybe men have gotten the reputation for not being so talkative because most of the stuff they want to say is crass and disgusting which is why they only say it in the locker room where only other crass and disgusting creatures are hanging out.
I'll tell you this about locker rooms: anybody who says something like "that's just locker room talk!" is a disgusting, vile monster of a human being. As a male, I've spent way more time in locker rooms than I would have liked and being in those locker rooms was always torturous. If a guy thinks it's somehow "out of bounds" to criticize a person for "locker room talk," that guy is telling on himself. If he enjoys being in a locker room with all of those other monsters, he himself is a monster. Being in a locker room as a fat kid in junior high were the worst moments of my life and all guys who think "locker room talk" is okay can get fucked. They're sociopaths if they think the person they are in the locker room isn't their true self. Who you are when you think nobody will judge you is exactly who you are. When you're out of the locker room, you're in your secret identity.
See how much I just talked there! Okay, sure, it was writing. But it's basically the same thing! I want to "talk" so much that I've written over 4000 blog entries on my other blog! Although if we were face to face, I probably wouldn't have much to say and you would think, "As a male, he's not very loquacious." I would really hope you enjoyed carrying conversations.
If the Bindlestiffs were known for gender equality then the standard among aeronauts was not that. I guess I didn't expect anything different, it being 1893 and all. But I still do hope one of the Chums winds up being a girl in drag.
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