really? so making jokes about how H. Clinton is a chick and so MUST have PMS and so CAN'T be prez doesn't marginialize all women? in general, i agree that the little bittie jokes aren't that bad. but if they make someone ELSE think that a woman can't be an adult because "she has PMS, she's ruled by her hormones, she'll declare war on Britain if the don't send her tea!"??? and again, check your priviledge. not to be bitchy here (see?) but the worst joke anyone is going to make about YOUR gender is that you are an asshole - something that, despite the fact most people claim to dislike assholes, MOST men (not you, or most of the guys i know) strive to BE assholes.
the mildest joke *I* get is that, because i have a utuerus, all i can do is have babies.
i'm not - would NEVER - say that every joke is bad, or chauvinistic, or that you or Alex were bad because you make those jokes. everyone who knows you knows that YOU SPECIFICALLY are not sexists. and really, yes, most of the jokes we here AREN'T that bad. but they all feed into the same culture of patriarchy, the same general oppression. as do jokes against guy, i admit (and i shouldn't have had the contest w/ JT, i know.)
its the gendering we should really fight against, the idea that women are more nurturing and that men are more courageous. really? is that REALLY TRUE? or is it socialization? i've met some really fucking brave women, who make most men look like cowards... but somehow, courage is a manly trait and compassion is a womanly taint. not to mention all the FUCKING PINK - if anything is marketed towards women, it WILL come in pink. HANDGUNS with pink!
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in general, i agree that the little bittie jokes aren't that bad. but if they make someone ELSE think that a woman can't be an adult because "she has PMS, she's ruled by her hormones, she'll declare war on Britain if the don't send her tea!"???
and again, check your priviledge. not to be bitchy here (see?) but the worst joke anyone is going to make about YOUR gender is that you are an asshole - something that, despite the fact most people claim to dislike assholes, MOST men (not you, or most of the guys i know) strive to BE assholes.
the mildest joke *I* get is that, because i have a utuerus, all i can do is have babies.
i'm not - would NEVER - say that every joke is bad, or chauvinistic, or that you or Alex were bad because you make those jokes. everyone who knows you knows that YOU SPECIFICALLY are not sexists. and really, yes, most of the jokes we here AREN'T that bad. but they all feed into the same culture of patriarchy, the same general oppression. as do jokes against guy, i admit (and i shouldn't have had the contest w/ JT, i know.)
its the gendering we should really fight against, the idea that women are more nurturing and that men are more courageous. really? is that REALLY TRUE? or is it socialization? i've met some really fucking brave women, who make most men look like cowards... but somehow, courage is a manly trait and compassion is a womanly taint. not to mention all the FUCKING PINK - if anything is marketed towards women, it WILL come in pink. HANDGUNS with pink!