Now that I reflect further, I recall five years ago, when I was engaged to a man who also had a head injury and also thought he was better than I because of his physical ability. Ironically, I wasn’t even thinking of him when I wrote Superiority of Faculties? (in the ‘Spinning My Wheels’ category), because that group of dudes just implied that they were superior to me. But oh no, my darling x-fiance came right out and said it like it was a perfectly valid argument  and fair assertion. Well, in fairness, I guess comparison and judgment is human nature, and stereotypes were taught to all of us. But like I said in Defined by Defiance (in the Coping Mechanisms and Other Crutches category), the difference among us is in who chooses to defy the stereotypes and who chooses to live by them.  I would  never absolve myself completely of the crime either, even as I defy the stereotypes completely in my outward interaction with people. And geez! Gerald always acted non-discriminatory–how did he leap over the premises of which thinking is wrong and which thinking is right? Well, anyway, I’m glad I discovered his shallow thinking and baseless behavior before I married him.