Sexist 'Jokes' in DM - my blood is literally boiling

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Cloudbase · 09/03/2011 11:16

I don't know if anyone else has seen this

Sexist 'Jokes'

Most of them are the same old tired sexist rubbish(and with a token 'jokes about men' bit so that they can't be accused of blatant sexism, but there is a Peter Kay joke about 6 men beating up his Mother-in-Law that literally has my blood boiling - I am so angry that they can publish this. I've been in two violent relationships myself, and to see violence towards women reduced to a cheap joke and sanctioned in a National newspaper makes me so beyond angry that I can't express it very well.

I've e-mailed them to complain and ask them to explain why they thought it was okay to publish it - will let you know what they say if they respond...

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David51 · 09/03/2011 11:45

I tried to contact the guy who said that sexism is dead but they told me he'd gone to a lapdancing club

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Cloudbase · 09/03/2011 11:32

X-posted Proles

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Cloudbase · 09/03/2011 11:32

I find it very depressing that the DM have immediately used the research as an excuse to publish this sexist rubbish. And in any case, the article headline 'Sexism is Dead' is very misleading - if you look at the actual percentages, and the questions asked, I wouldn't have said that was an accurate representation at all.

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Prolesworth · 09/03/2011 11:31

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AnnieLobeseder · 09/03/2011 11:26

I'm more concerned by the article which sparked the 'jokes'.

Really? Sexism is dead? Not even slightly. Sadly, it's just that we're so used to it that many women don't even recognise it any more.

germajesty · 09/03/2011 11:25

pointless article

jeee · 09/03/2011 11:23

GregorSamsa beat me to it.

GregorSamsa · 09/03/2011 11:22

If your blood was 'literally boiling' you'd be dead.

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