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News & ArtsTuesday, June 15, 2010
City Lust on the Run
Posted by David Schmader on Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:05 AM
Submitted to I, Anonymous:
Gorgeous Runner
I see you run past Cornish a few times a week. You always have a huge smile on your face like you're in on some secret that the rest of us don't know. I want to be let in on that secret. I've thought about trying to stop you, but you seem like you're in your own little world. Lately I've been sitting on the steps just waiting to catch a glimpse of you. My heart flutters every time you pass me. If this keeps up I might have to tackle you and drag you back to my apartment where I can ravage your sexy body. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you'll start running shirtless as the weather gets warmer.
Possibly topless jogger: clearly male.
Anonymous luster: male or female?
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My first impression was female writer, but I don't know exactly why. Just seems like girly writing! :)
4
"My heart flutters" suggests the writer is female.
Also, men tend to avoid phrases like "tackle you" and "drag you back to my apartment" and "ravage your sexy body" for fear of coming off as rapey.
Also, men tend to avoid phrases like "tackle you" and "drag you back to my apartment" and "ravage your sexy body" for fear of coming off as rapey.
6
Wow, gay fail guys! Its a gay dude. Gay area, gay imagery. Also its gay to point out that most gay people use the "In-on-a-secret" smile to attract others.
Ask him out dude!
Ask him out dude!
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@6 Gay area? Cornish has a building on Capitol Hill but the Denny area is not exactly as you describe.
Also #4 got it right. Using words like "hearth flutter" poitns towards a women but the rest is what seals the deal. Only a girl would think she can get away with threatening to tackle and sexually assault a jogger. Guys learn at a pretty young age that coming off as dangerous and rapey even joking is NOT the way to attract people.
Also the writer is so hesitant to actually assert her feeling upon the jogger. Women are 1000x times less likely to approach someone they see. It is much more likely that a woman would simply sit on the steps and wait, in the range of behavior this one is firmly on the feminine side of things.
Also #4 got it right. Using words like "hearth flutter" poitns towards a women but the rest is what seals the deal. Only a girl would think she can get away with threatening to tackle and sexually assault a jogger. Guys learn at a pretty young age that coming off as dangerous and rapey even joking is NOT the way to attract people.
Also the writer is so hesitant to actually assert her feeling upon the jogger. Women are 1000x times less likely to approach someone they see. It is much more likely that a woman would simply sit on the steps and wait, in the range of behavior this one is firmly on the feminine side of things.
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@4 and @6 - If he is a he, he doesn't have to worry about seeming "rapey". Gay guys can say stuff like that about other guys.
13
The writer is female. In fact it sounds exactly like one of my close female friends who happens to live right by Cornish. Hmmm...
15
I'm going for effeminate insecure gay male.
Find some friends who won't put you down, dude. Believe in yourself. :-D
Find some friends who won't put you down, dude. Believe in yourself. :-D
16
the casual usage of such violent, forceful imagery suggests the author is being ironic and thus a woman. a man would have to be a complete sociopath to openly speak that way of another person.
17
That Gender Genie thingy is kinda fun - I've been playing with it for a while now. However, it pretty consistently tells me that my journal entries were written by a female, so I don't think I'd put much faith in it.
Notwithstanding, I think this was pretty obviously written by a woman.
Notwithstanding, I think this was pretty obviously written by a woman.
20
I don't talk to enough gay men (even if I did, gay men might not talk that way to me since I'm not a hot dude) but given the choice between picking a straight woman or a straight man, I'd say this is a woman.
The juxtaposition of dreamy, chaste speculation on their inner thoughts with aggressive, forceful sex just reminds me of stuff I've read by women, and of the way I used to write. Making that reeeeally concerted effort to couch "I will quasi-rape you" lust in "oh, I'm also thinking about your thoughts and personality because that makes all my other urges more acceptable and romantic."
The juxtaposition of dreamy, chaste speculation on their inner thoughts with aggressive, forceful sex just reminds me of stuff I've read by women, and of the way I used to write. Making that reeeeally concerted effort to couch "I will quasi-rape you" lust in "oh, I'm also thinking about your thoughts and personality because that makes all my other urges more acceptable and romantic."
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I'm with #15. A mixture of effeminacy coupled with controlling behavior sounds like an insecure gay man to me. Unfortunately, I know too many of them.
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