Zumba changed my wife

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This is a bumper sticker I saw today.

Pretty pathetic isn't it?

I don't like it, and I think plenty of women would not like it. Have just texted it to my mates for a straw poll, and got lots of "Eugh" type comments and one "sexist or what!?" back. I guess we mix in different circles.

I don't find it funny, I can see it is meant to be funny,but I find it demeaning. I can see I am taking it more seriously than its intent. But again it seems like a very dated joke.

Penguin liked the class, bumper sticker reaction unknown.

Fabbychic- who I have only see on threads here and there is a name that has stuck with me as someone whose views I do not share, as is the way with a forum as large as mumsnet.

Upahill- what can I say, I think its a crappy joke that is demeaning to women. Some women may not find it so. Oh and I love the expression give over, so thanks for that

sorry- penguin liked it, and wanted one for her DHs car

pingu disliked it

Sorry.

But what exactly is demeaning about it??

Yeah different social circles and different regions I would say.
'Give over' is not offensive round my neck of the woods.

Now I know what zumba is, I'd be pretty hard pushed to twist it into being offensive.

Perhaps his wife bought it for him because it has changed her?

Not funny, but not as bad as girl princess/boy devil car stickers, now they're the pits.

Give over is usually said with a grin and an elbow in the ribs round these parts.

Is that the North West Agent?

Tha's how it's said here, the North west that is!

I don't like bumper stickers

North-ish

Nobody calls it 'keep fit' any more

I don't think it is sexist - it is rather a weak pun that doesn't stand much scrutiny.

It is onlt demeaning to women in the same sense that "A Cat in a Hat" promotes cruelty to animals.

Can't see anything wrong with it either!!

Oh I get give over, just remarking that I love that expression. Never use it, rarely hear it, love it when I hear it.

Maybe I have made a mountain out of a mole hill.

agentzigzag the lil prince/cess on board signs are hideous. I feel like this is on the same lines of that. Also, I am sure the "whores wanted" sign has impacted the Zumba sign too.

All car stickers are stupid and should be banned.
I've never seen a funny one, ever.
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I think one of the most demeaning things some women are guilty of today is getting worked up over things and shouting sexism over something that the majority see as a joke - I hate the fact that I am surrounded by friends and colleagues who now feel they have to watch what they say in case simple jokes are misconstrued. Any semblance of inclusion and equality goes out of the window when your presence in a room makes people wary. If it was insulting about how his wife once looked then maybe there would be a point, but I think people really are reading too much into a simple bumper sticker as they do in far too many situations/sentences these days. My OH would agree that zumba has changed me as I now have much more of a social life where previously I would spend hours every evening, and am much more relaxed and happy.

I like it. Don't see why folk would get upset about it.

I saw a bumper sticker

"I have had several wives but not all of them where mine"

Ivykaty

When people are nosy and ask me "how many husbands have you had TR?" My usual reply is "of my own?".

They usually get the message.

candiceMarie totally reasonable to leave Zumba class. I tried it, left the class during the warm up and had to do the walk of shame across the room, claiming that I felt faint

penguin- you think that is demeaning- I am at that. What do you mean, that in your work place people don't tell bawdy jokes? Sorry I don't really get that part of your post.

Also, I do take your point that Zumba has been a very positive experience for you, I am sure it is for lots of people. I would like to try it! I am just not sure why the bumper sticker needs to be about a husband bargging about his wife- and I see the bragging in 3 ways-

1. she has a toned figure, I like it
2. It has made her much more positive and emotionally happier
3. both.

So you only do Zumba if you are someones wife, it is a very limited economy.

Having been a Zumba devotee until recently, I can say I think it is a nice, lighthearted sticker.
Zumba isn't hardcore exercise, running will change your figure far more, but I did spend an hour laughing and smiling and came home very happy.

Which is somewhat unusual tbh

I may get one saying "The Golf driving range changed my Husband"
Not as snappy, I'll grant you, but makes him smile just as much as zumba did me.

lizzylou you have a way with words!

Cheeky! Perhaps I should have gone into advertising....

I mean that in my work place (and former career) we have got to a point where people are too afraid to say anything just in case someone overhears it and takes offence. Case in point - 2 female colleagues joked about a male in mixed company and everyone laughed - the next day a male colleague did similar, in the same company, about a female and one of the females complained. It was agreed that the comment 'could possibly have been misconstrued', the male was disciplined and his career prospects were affected.
These days people are so afraid of the consequences that an innocent comment can have and that is the sad thing. I don't understand why we can't accept that people have different senses of humour and, unless something is blatantly offensive and aimed at a particular person, we can't live and let live. Has that simple bumper sticker really made the world such a bad place?!

Worst bumper sticker I have personally ever seen 'Show dogs On Board'...and I give a shit why?