Santa - It's festive sexism

[MrsTerryPratchett]

I have been mulling this one over and read this article about race and Santa and come to this conclusion... There is no boring, hard, expensive thing done mostly by men where the credit is given to an imaginary woman. Or is there?

In my childhood home, my DF did the stocking buying and Santa took credit for only the stocking. But there seem to be lots of houses where women buy all the presents and they ALL come from an imaginary man. And those women seem to be the most vehement about the 'magic' and not taking credit and being selfless and never telling the kids.

It's festive sexism.

[bumblebeerat]

My dp gets so annoyed if the children say santa he insists he must be called father christmas. I'm not sure why it gets to him so much.

[onahorsewithnoname]

Probably gets to him because Santa is a dead saint, and Father Christmas is a pagan

[SanityClause]

Why are people insistent that the Easter bunny is male? I have honestly never considered whether the Easter bunny is male or female.

Is it ever depicted with bollocks?

I just asked DH, and he said the Easter bunny was male. DS (12) said indeterminate. Which is what I would say, too.

[triafemm]

Festive racism too. How come dept store Santas always seem to be white? I think it's time we lobbied for quotas or no-whites-allowed-shortlists to ensure we get more Santas of other ethnic origins.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

How come dept store Santas always seem to be white? And I've heard of white people having a go when people have black Santas in their desk or whatever. Over invested, again.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

'on' clearly, not 'in'.

[Kacie123]

Bit of a late shit-stirring response there Patriarchy.

[grimbletart]

Well, GFs do tend to be slow on the uptake Kacie. Takes time to get both brain cells whirring.