I wasn't actually refusing the word for men. I do use beautiful for either sex/gender and can use pretty, too, if I remember to drop the prior inference and extend the nuance that anybofy can be seen as pretty.
I wasn't actually refusing the word for men. I do use beautiful for either sex/gender and can use pretty, too, if I remember to drop the prior inference and extend the nuance that anybofy can be seen as pretty.
I love how personal language and word choice can be. I often have to remind myself that words like “interesting” aren’t necessarily “bad.” My mom used it to describe anything she didn’t like or understand. A good Southern woman, she could be judge-y as fuck. Don’t know where I could have learned it from. Bless her mess, I truly miss her. She was interesting. And pretty too.
A psychologist guy named George Kelly said that every person has their own connotational meaning or understanding of words. No 2 people have the exactly same meanings for the words they use. He called this theory personal constructs. He used Humpty Dumpty in Alice through the looking glass, as a prime example - 'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.' Clint, you have already a concept of this individual meaning idea.
I wasn't actually refusing the word for men. I do use beautiful for either sex/gender and can use pretty, too, if I remember to drop the prior inference and extend the nuance that anybofy can be seen as pretty.
I love how personal language and word choice can be. I often have to remind myself that words like “interesting” aren’t necessarily “bad.” My mom used it to describe anything she didn’t like or understand. A good Southern woman, she could be judge-y as fuck. Don’t know where I could have learned it from. Bless her mess, I truly miss her. She was interesting. And pretty too.
A psychologist guy named George Kelly said that every person has their own connotational meaning or understanding of words. No 2 people have the exactly same meanings for the words they use. He called this theory personal constructs. He used Humpty Dumpty in Alice through the looking glass, as a prime example - 'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.' Clint, you have already a concept of this individual meaning idea.