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Sexist washing instructions
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RE: Sexist washing instructions
(March 6, 2012 at 5:32 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Not so sure it was. I found it amusing, you don't.

I was under the impression that a joke that evinces no laughter is still a joke, albeit an unsuccessful one. Wink

(March 6, 2012 at 5:32 pm)Tiberius Wrote: No reason to make a fuss about it; I wasn't saying she needed to avoid doing the tidying up, I was just (mildly) amused by her wording.

Indeed. However, her detractors have a habit (and she even addressed that directly) of belittling her views as "over sensitive" and the like in order to better strengthen their "it's a joke" position.

Your statement took on a similar guise, along with your own choice of words (diction) that implied she is 'riled up' when she is really writing about the separation between good humor and not.

You wouldn't accuse Morgan Freeman of being 'riled up' for raising the issue of constraining black history to a single month, even if he began (hypothetically) his objection with "I was playing my saxophone one day and..." That statement would contain quite a few stereotypes. But I'm not certain I'd see:
"I just found it mildly amusing that he's riled up about racism and stereotypes, and opens up with what is often used as a racist stereotype."
while:
"I just found it mildly amusing that she's riled up about sexism and stereotypes, and opens up with what is often used as a sexist stereotype." appears a short distance above.

So expect me to notice inconsistencies in a similar context.

Furthermore, it can be argued that cleaning up a room, like playing a saxophone, is such a mundane and common activity that I can compare the actions in a similar framework (i.e. sentence).
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Messages In This Thread
Sexist washing instructions - by Doubting Thomas - March 6, 2012 at 3:39 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Tiberius - March 6, 2012 at 4:30 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Doubting Thomas - March 6, 2012 at 4:34 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Tiberius - March 6, 2012 at 4:43 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Minimalist - March 6, 2012 at 4:45 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Autumnlicious - March 6, 2012 at 5:01 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Tiberius - March 6, 2012 at 5:26 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Autumnlicious - March 6, 2012 at 5:28 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Tiberius - March 6, 2012 at 5:32 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Autumnlicious - March 6, 2012 at 5:47 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Tiberius - March 6, 2012 at 5:54 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Autumnlicious - March 6, 2012 at 6:00 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Tiberius - March 6, 2012 at 6:08 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Autumnlicious - March 6, 2012 at 6:11 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Tiberius - March 6, 2012 at 6:13 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Autumnlicious - March 6, 2012 at 6:15 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Tiberius - March 6, 2012 at 6:21 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Autumnlicious - March 6, 2012 at 6:44 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Tiberius - March 6, 2012 at 6:58 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Jackalope - March 6, 2012 at 7:07 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Erinome - March 6, 2012 at 7:13 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Tempus - March 6, 2012 at 8:49 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Autumnlicious - March 6, 2012 at 7:30 pm
RE: Sexist washing instructions - by Shell B - March 6, 2012 at 9:19 pm

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