Because it's taboo, and as we all know, people can't stay away from things that are considered taboo.
I killed a woman...LOL JK I don't drive in the kitchen!
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It goes both ways, I mean you have plenty of man-hate coming from women the same way as "jokes". I've occasionally been around when "The View" was on, and at times it basically struck me as a bunch of women sitting around busting on men. Shows like "Desperate Housewives", "Gilmore Girls", and "Sex And The City" while watched by both genders to some extent tend to do it to.Mr.Pandah said:
Now granted, the style of humor can be differant from the delivery in the title, but the results can be the same. To each their own (so to speak), in todays world of media getting upset because some group is being picked on is ridiculous because if you look hard enough your going to find that group picking back (or trying to). Everyone gets theirs, and gets one back at some point.
I lol'd. I consider myself a terrible person, and thus there are very, very few jokes that can offend me.blalien said:
I think the humor in sexist and racist jokes is great because the target of the joke usually can't take the joke as anything more than a grave insult. I also like them because they are also self-degrading. If I tell a joke about a woman, it makes me look chauvinistic. If I tell a racist joke, it makes me looks like a racist. Most people (at least the majority around me) understand that I'm a level-headed person, and I don't hate people of a different race or gender.
Bottom line though, if I told a feminist to go make me a sandwich, the hilarity would be in watching her think I was serious.
Bottom line though, if I told a feminist to go make me a sandwich, the hilarity would be in watching her think I was serious.
I have to admit, the title of the post had me ready to flame you! I am glad this mode of thought hasn't invaded the Escapist.
There's always an element of seriousness behind jokes which are told repeatedly. Humour is a tool with which provocative viewpoints (sexism in this case) can be made to seem less controversial and more socially acceptable.
I agree that the trend has gone too far. I've nothing against people making the odd quip, and they can be funny in the right situation - but if someone tells jokes like that all the time it gets disturbing, regardless of if they're "just joking". And those facebook groups? Yuck. I mean, I'm a guy and those groups don't appeal at all. And yet there are girls who join them ...Mr.Pandah said:
There's always an element of seriousness behind jokes which are told repeatedly. Humour is a tool with which provocative viewpoints (sexism in this case) can be made to seem less controversial and more socially acceptable.
Also, this.SpecklePattern said:
It's mindless humor. I'd say one of the lowest kinds of it. But still, the title made me laugh on the inside. I'm not sexist, but I can lol at sexism. Just because you find something funny it doesn't make it true!
I've learnt to ignore them. Some of them are funny, but when I'm told to go make someone a sammich in all seriousness, I ask them if they'd like a knuckle one because I am about to punch them in the face.
Sexism is fun and all, but not when you actually MEAN it.
Sexism is fun and all, but not when you actually MEAN it.
It's funny because men can only think of kitchen based jokes when it comes to women. You see many men posting the same jokes and thinking they're hilarious.
If they were that misogynistic in real life, they would get stabbed and I would laugh.
If they were that misogynistic in real life, they would get stabbed and I would laugh.
See the last Extra Punctuation [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/7597-Extra-Punctuation-Male-Protagonists], re: Macho men.
