feminine birthday, masculine birthday

(thing) by Wintersweet (1.1 y) (print) ? 1 C! I like it! Mon May 15 2000 at 7:06:00

Two divisions of greeting cards at the local Factory Card Outlet. This brings to mind the pressing questions:

- Why is there a need to differentiate them?
- Aren't most birthday cards fairly neutral? What do you do with those?
- Would I give a feminine card to my flaming gay male friend, and a masculine one to a butch lesbian?
- Where are the androgynous cards? What if I wanted to send birthday felicitations to David Bowie? Am I out of luck, or should I send him one of each?
- Or does it refer to the birthday itself? Maybe summer ones are masculine, or arcade parties are, or 21st birthdays and tea parties are feminine.
- Most obviously, why bother? If a customer doesn't know her brother wouldn't want a card with sparkly pink teddy bear ballerinas or lace hearts, or her mother wouldn't want footballs or strippers, she probably can't read the stupid sign ANYWAY. Are people really this dumb? (Don't answer that.)

gynecomastia	Christians don't believe that "being good" gets anyone into Heaven	It's my birthday and I'll refuse to drink if I want to	Enough with the high heels already
I'm a crazy old lady whose ex-husband bought himself a Soloflex for my birthday	Smurfette really wasn't a "smurf" nor an "ette"	David Bowie	Answer: infinity balls in a bin
Don't answer your phone for the next thirty-five minutes	Dream Log: September 12, 2000	Pink	Teddy bear
stripper	sign	Flaming	feminine
masculine	How to answer a telephone	Noder Love Cats: A Goth Birthday Bash in London	How to say "else if"
polygraph test	The Wheel of Time	I don't think you could do this with a modern SUV	sex and gender

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