OK, SO EXCITED about this post! After experiencing an entire hockey arena of people chanting "husky women!" when we played the St. Cloud Huskies last week, I've been polling my friends to find out their best comeback to sexist assholes. (posted to When sexism masquerades as humor)
ahh yes!! Thank you! :) I wasn't quite able to articulate this, and I think the commentors below missed out on it. (posted to Ridiculous Public Behavior)
Lizzie (greeneyed fem), that was a fantastic article. Thanks for sharing, I bookmarked it. Some comments I found particularly insightful about why such use of the word is so incredibly wrong: Even if nobody is around to be offended by (posted to When sexism masquerades as humor)
Yeah Roscoe, I'm definitely following you and Danyell as well. I'm not for any type of those types of jokes, and do my best to not be around those types of people. It just gets boring and way old. "Try (posted to When sexism masquerades as humor)
I tend to just do what a lot of people have mentioned: put it plainly. I have some male friends who I dance salsa with, and they make it a habit to constantly make sexual innuendo. Not just to/with me (posted to When sexism masquerades as humor)
Sooo, are hot pants a requirement? Can I do Roller Derby without exposing my body, or is this another iteration of the 'Lingerie Olympics'? After all, women competing in skimpy clothes is "hawt", but women who don't are "dykes". (posted to Ridiculous Public Behavior)
Hot pants are in no way, shape, or form a requirement. Revealing one's body or sexing it up is not a requirement. Some (not all) players like to, often because it's an arena where they feel safe to do so. (posted to Ridiculous Public Behavior)
