OP video makes a good point.
I've seen this kind of stuff, and most of you probably have as well. Either way, let me give my two cents on this phenomenon.
I want to start by making the caveat that OP's video is using
anecdotal evidence. On this video
alone we cannot conclude that the issue brought to light is at all pandemic. We also would need to find out how often sexism targets men versus how often it targets women. There may be such studies, but as a simple forum goer, I have no extensive knowledge of the subject. My conclusions are made only on my studies and observations on the matter up to and including my first year of college.
Take it as you will.
That aside, I'll move on to my thoughts regarding this phenomenon.
Feminism was an intense fight to empower the female sex and unrestrain themselves from the restrictive ideals of patriarchal society.
When women joined this fight, it forced them to no longer just tolerate the standards of patriarchal society and stand up for their sex. They had to fight.
I think its reasonable for me to make an intuitive claim that this was a scary time for women. Would they dare oppose patriarchal standards and risk losing distancing themselves from men? This would especially be difficult in the case that they were close with some men.
The human psychological process of flight or fight is a powerful one, and in order to convince the mind that it is worth taking the risk to fight, one must have a powerful motivation. In war, soldiers may start afraid and neutral towards their enemy, but once sufficiently motivated to fight back, become highly aggressive and hateful towards their enemy.
While I don't mean to imply that all (or many) feminists hate as an inspiration,
some did.
As of now, feminism has won the fight for voting and birth control (and others? I don't know that much more on the subject.), but still has faces the challenge of consistently equal pay, abortion (let's not go further down that rabbit hole in this thread please), and other domestic issues.
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Sexist jokes on both sides exist. Stereotypes still exist and are well known, but people generally try to deny their existence when they feel it would help them to appear tolerant.
(Inferred from a study that has showed a similar phenomenon with race and stereotypes- over time, minorities stereotypical traits became less negative and participants in the studies became more reluctant to admit they knew these stereotypes).
Sexist jokes and stereotypes still come up in public conversations and tend to create tension despite the fact that they are taboo/not PC.
Such jokes and stereotypes bring polarized reactions- either laughter or utter disgust. As such, whenever people try discuss why people make these jokes, people generally rush to the conclusion that the joke is either offensive or harmless. Ultimately, the sexes both squabble over the matter until it disappears behind other current events.
The root of the problem, as I see it, is that political correctness (not saying something purely because its unaccepted) is a band-aid solution. It stops people from openly insulting each other in many circumstances,
but doesn't do anything to resolve the underlying tension.
In the US where I live, we never actually work to resolve the tension between our sexes. We just tend to censor ourselves
and consider that good enough.
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Conclusions------
At this point in time, I think that most men AND women can't have an effective discussion about the paradigm between the genders. Both sexes need to critically access their OWN sex for quite some time before they can meet together and effectively resolve the paradigm between the two.
That being said, yes- Sharon's words in this video were just as divisive as any other sexist joke. I would also conclude that AmazingAtheist's (guy in video) statement that "this is why I can't take feminism seriously" is melodramatic.
Issues just like those in the video are just petty arguments.
