I am playing riiight into the stereotype 'humourless feminist'. However, I've just see my ex's facebook profile (we've both been invited to the same party and his profile shows up; he's not a friend of mine, before you wonder).
The phrase he's chosen as his top favourite quotation, the bit of information he really, really wants to share with the world is:
'You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.'
My immediate reaction was to feel a bit revolted. I used to snigger at sexist jokes in very 'ooh, I'm so grown-up, it's all humour innit' way so I feel quite ashamed.
My ex's dad's favourite joke was 'Why does a bride wear white?' 'To fit in with the other kitchen appliances'.
I'm depressed about it all. Are these jokes generally acceptable do you think, and do you think most people you know would just laugh and not worry about it? I think the first one is much worse than the second, btw.
Feminism: Sex and gender discussions
Just seen a nasty little sexist 'joke' on my ex's facebook ... this is actually quite nasty isn't it?
JaneS · 04/11/2010 22:30
That is a welcome thought! Though sadly I know loads of people who'd at least think the joke funny, even if they wouldn't make it.
It wasn't me who said I thought the joke/my ex was clever though.
I think that possibly when Parker had to think of a wordplay on the spot, it might have been clever and it's possible (as someone said) that she was doing it primarily to shock, and therefore had to buy into her society's ways of thinking in order for the shock value to be comprehensible.
But I actually think using this sort of 'joke' as one of the (very few) bits of public information you share about yourself isn't clever at all.
Sorry, no idea why that posted twice, I meant to preview it! 
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