What matters deafness of the ears, when the mind hears?

October 9, 2006

Men are Pigs

Filed under: Deaf Culture

An interesting read, to put it mildly.

Oh, you ask - after reading the essay - what are my views? Erm, well, ah, see, I reserve comment. No girl has ever picked up sign language because of me anyway. (Alas! And.. oink!)

Why am I annoyed with hearing members of my own gender, you ask? Simple. Every time a deaf guy I know dates or marries a hearing woman, 90 percent of the time that woman signs. Even if the guy has exceptional speech and residual hearing, the woman still goes out of her way to learn sign language.

But when a deaf girl finds a hearing boyfriend, sheeesh. It’s a totally different story.

Read on…

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