How sexist is this article?!!

[MumblesParty]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-66985809

I mean - the rock sculpture is really impressive, but how unbelievably sexist!
"My wife doesn't drive, so on a Wednesday I take her to do her shopping in St Austell."

I see where you're coming from but I don't think it's sexist. It's more your own issue of making assumptions about a relationship based on one small aspect. I do all the shopping and cooking and if ever I didn't have the car my husband would 'take' me to do it. And if you got wind of it you'd be triggered to make the same assumption. But what you wouldn't know was that he's a real clean freak and does 90% of the housework. Or that however much mess I make when I'm cooking he, in return for his dinner, insists on washing up and cleaning the kitchen.

Not what you asked but.... how is this news?!

Chill @ShirleyPhallus - you don't need to take every word so literally 😂 I was exaggerating, but my point that it's very sexist remains

I think maybe you should chill given your previous post was “Fuck this sexist prick, and fuck the sexist BBC” when he’s just an old man making beach sculptures and not hurting anyone

Well if he's anything like my DP when supermarket shopping, I'd rather he did go and piss about on the beach. Gets done a lot quicker when I do it alone

Well I don't find it sexist. I often see blokes sitting in the car in supermarket car parks whilst their wives/partners do the food shopping. I have a female friend who does the same whilst her husband does the shopping. Personally I'd rather shop alone as DP is a pain who wants to waste spend money on crap we don't need.

"Wife is shopping so bored, infantile husband pissed off ecologists by building cairns" would be a more fitting title.

They could have easily left the wife out of it. "man puts stones in creative heap in under an hour"

Honestly @ShirleyPhallus what is your obsession! 😂😂😂 I think he's sexist, you don't, big deal!

They interviewed him an reported what he said about how he came to do it. Were they supposed to alter the story to fit your agenda?

It’s not, he is staying a fact. Nothing annoys me more than couples shopping in a supermarket, why? it’s not needed

she might like shopping who knows

but you need to give your head a wobble saying it’s sexist

I think you must have too much time on your hands OP.
Poor bloke just drives his missus to the shops.
That's all . She probably doesn't want him traipsing around after her, moaning, and nor does he wish to.
Get a grip

'Her shopping' when it's presumably food and household items for his benefit too, and 'the wife' both sound like phrases only a sexist would make.

because just ignoring the existence of the woman he credits as being the reason for his creation would be less sexist...?

Agree, this is sexist language indicating a sexist mindset. 'man' and 'wife' being odd pairing here, too.

'Husband creates sculptures on beach whilst wife prefers to shop independently' is a better example of a balanced headline.

I think it'd be better if everyone went to the supermarket on their own. It annoys me (probably irrationally so) when couples or whole families feel the need to go shopping together. They just clog the place up.*

*I'm not talking about people with young chidren (of course). I mean those huge extended families that turn up in a Vauxhall Zafira.

I think you are wrong. It is right they changed the marriage ceremony because the wording suggested that the man was more important than the woman in marriage. But that does not apply here. the headline could have been: woman paints masterpiece while husband watches the match (or goes shopping if he prefers).

What I dislike is the lack of a possessive pronoun and the implication that the frivolous women is idling time away. I prefer: Man creates sculpture while his wife does the family shopping.

It's entirely possible, and I would say probable, that this gentleman's wife prefers to do the supermarket shop on her own. I know I do, and if my partner drove me to the supermarket and then did something as creative as this while I shopped, I'd be absolutely delighted.

I would also bet that she often puts her feet up while he fixes the drains, empties the bins, mows the lawn or does any other type of housework that they as a couple have decided are his remit (while he's not at work earning their money of course... they sound like a 'traditional' couple in that respect so I'm making another guess here...)

Perhaps you could try to be less bitter, judgmental and (yes...) sexist, and not leap to the very worst conclusion whenever you read a story about a man.

I think it's a bit of a reach apart from the "her shopping". I prefer to do our grocery shopping since I can do it in half an hour rather than an hour and get things I know we need - and I don't chat to half the store while doing so.

Well I'm sure it won't affect your sleep either way... but for what it's worth I totally agree!

Yup.

All the posters saying 'she probably prefers to shop alone' are totally missing the point.
It's the implication that what the man is doing is important and what the woman is doing is frivolous.... even when she's sorting out everything they need and he's playing on the beach.

MumblesParty · Today 10:12

It says the supermarket, not general shopping. She goes to the supermarket and he pisses about on the beach. Bit sexist in my opinion. Why doesn't he help her with the supermarket shopping? He says "her shopping" but I'm guessing he eats some of the food she buys”

Why are you leaping to sexist? She might prefer to go alone.

Do you often look for things to be offended by?

Maybe she likes shopping alone. Who knows? But I think calling it sexist is a bit of a leap

I've been quoted by a newspaper; they printed something entirely different from the words I actually used. Since then I have never taken any quotes as Gospel.

I can think of few things worse than doing a supermarket shop with my DH, it would drive me crackers. I'd much rather go on my own.