random thought
Aug. 1st, 2005 11:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sereneI've noticed that I've reverted to calling my husbands/boyfriends/whatever
"partner" when I talk to other people. I think calling them my husbands
(especially when I am speaking singularly) feels like embracing my het
privilege. (Whereas calling![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sogwife my wife doesn't feel that
way at all, of course, so that's still what I call her.) Language is a
funny thing, inextricable from nuance.
"partner" when I talk to other people. I think calling them my husbands
(especially when I am speaking singularly) feels like embracing my het
privilege. (Whereas calling
sogwife my wife doesn't feel thatway at all, of course, so that's still what I call her.) Language is a
funny thing, inextricable from nuance.