Posted March 6, 201213 yr http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/offensive-care-instructions-spark-outcry-against-sexism-165707878.html tl;dr "Or, Give it to your woman. It's her job." This is a trending topic on Twitter. "If you're going to b****h and whine, go on the Internet." - Brian Griffin.
March 6, 201213 yr Author On a related note, I pulled this off from the comments. How many feminists does it take to screw in a light bulb: 12. One to screw it in, one to excoriate men for creating the need for illumination, one to blame men for inventing such a faulty means of illumination, one to suggest the whole "screwing" bit to be too "rape-like", one to deconstruct the lightbulb itself as being phallic, one to blame men for not changing the bulb, one to blame men for trying to change the bulb instead of letting a woman do it, one to blame men for creating a society that discourages women from changing light bulbs, one to blame men for creating a society where women change too many light bulbs, one to advocate that lightbulb changers should have wage parity with electricians, one to alert the media that women are now "out-lightbulbing" men, one to just sit there taking pictures for her blog for photo-evidence that men are unnecessary. ....They have a point.
March 6, 201213 yr im not really sure where to go with this one. first you gotta understand that maybe this is the type of douchebag shit they sell at that store and if it is then i would just steer clear from there, but then again its just a tag and while it is funny i have to say i would more than offended if my man handed me his pants that said "wash me its your job" hmm... well that wont happen ... lets just say i have better taste than to date a guy who wears/shops at a craphole like that so, whateves!! there are bigger issues for us ladies to attend to, the world aint gonna save itself yknow @ P50L: thanks for posting<3
March 6, 201213 yr I find this beyond offensive. It's not a woman's role to spend her life cleaning and taking care of kids, acheiving nothing life, which that basically suggests. There are plenty of men in traditionally "women's roles", and women in "men's roles". There are stay at home dads, male volleyball players, cooks, day care center owners/workers, ect. And in contrast, there are female soldiers, scientists, computer engineers and government employees. And then the whole thing vice versa. Of course some people do decide they want to do something within what is considered "more traditional". Men and women are equal, so why is it naturally assumed a woman must do the cleaning and stuff? And I know it sounds like I'm blowing it out of proportion, but that IS what it's implying and I've heard quite a bit of sexism at school and especially online lately. My boys know I'm not doing their laundry--they can do it themselves. And on a certain level, depending on how you personally take the way it's being stated, it could to some people be calling boys stupid. One of my guy friends at school said he felt like they were calling boys stupid, and how that really upset him and a couple other guys.
March 7, 201213 yr Or maybe the tag was a joke and wasn't meant to be taken seriously. Just some food for thought.
March 7, 201213 yr Or maybe the tag was a joke and wasn't meant to be taken seriously. Just some food for thought. even if it's a joke it doesn't make it okay??? just how like making rape jokes around a rape victim isn't okay. or making racist jokes around someone who has experienced racism. or just making jokes that obviously discomfort someone. or just making that kind of jokes because it makes it seem like it's okay when it's not.
March 7, 201213 yr even if it's a joke it doesn't make it okay??? just how like making rape jokes around a rape victim isn't okay. or making racist jokes around someone who has experienced racism. or just making jokes that obviously discomfort someone. or just making that kind of jokes because it makes it seem like it's okay when it's not. ughh, probably should have worded my original post better but oh well. I'll agree that the joke was in very bad taste, and definitely shouldn't have been put on the label in the first place, but I don't understand why people are treating it like it's such a big deal. there are so many other things we could focusing on (such as sexism/discrimination in general that is actually intended to harm--not sure if I worded that well, but w/e) that it seems stupid to care about something like this. ymmv, though. I wasn't offended by it, but I can see why other people would, so maybe I should stfu before I make myself look like even more of an idiot. :>
March 7, 201213 yr Funny, yes. Insulting, oh yeah. Wrong, definitely. On another note. On a related note, I pulled this off from the comments. How many feminists does it take to screw in a light bulb: 12. One to screw it in, one to excoriate men for creating the need for illumination, one to blame men for inventing such a faulty means of illumination, one to suggest the whole "screwing" bit to be too "rape-like", one to deconstruct the lightbulb itself as being phallic, one to blame men for not changing the bulb, one to blame men for trying to change the bulb instead of letting a woman do it, one to blame men for creating a society that discourages women from changing light bulbs, one to blame men for creating a society where women change too many light bulbs, one to advocate that lightbulb changers should have wage parity with electricians, one to alert the media that women are now "out-lightbulbing" men, one to just sit there taking pictures for her blog for photo-evidence that men are unnecessary. ....They have a point. Lol, you made my night!
March 7, 201213 yr ughh, probably should have worded my original post better but oh well. I'll agree that the joke was in very bad taste, and definitely shouldn't have been put on the label in the first place, but I don't understand why people are treating it like it's such a big deal. there are so many other things we could focusing on (such as sexism/discrimination in general that is actually intended to harm--not sure if I worded that well, but w/e) that it seems stupid to care about something like this. ymmv, though. I wasn't offended by it, but I can see why other people would, so maybe I should stfu before I make myself look like even more of an idiot. :> no i get what you mean but even if this isn't a 'big deal' it's still promotes as sexism as being funny and that degrading women is 'funny' even if it's not big, it just pushes the message which is why it's kind of a big deal to some.
March 8, 201213 yr I'm female and I found that tag hilarious. It would have been better if that tag were merely a photo-manipulation and not an IRL thing.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/offensive-care-instructions-spark-outcry-against-sexism-165707878.html
tl;dr "Or, Give it to your woman. It's her job."
This is a trending topic on Twitter.
"If you're going to b****h and whine, go on the Internet." - Brian Griffin.