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Little cancers everywhere
January 13th, 2008
One of the reasons I haven’t been blogging as much lately bout “feminist” issues is because they depress me more than usual right now. 1
The news is chock-full every day of misogynist happenings the world over. But sometimes, it’s the small things — the little cancers that fester in the wrinkles of a culture - that catch you off guard and have you reaching for a woobie and your fucket bucket.
For me, it started last autumn with this gem…
…which was followed up a few days later with this even more telling item:
At least this one has a head, and it even talks:
Her “bad mood” sayings include “Ow,” “Help, Help!” You know, because rape is hilarious. 2
These misogyny-in-humor’s clothing items must be all the rage, because a scant week later, this one crawled out of the same slime pit:
So forgive me if, in my weakened state, this commercial bothers me more than usual.
Subway, every time I pass you on the street, I’ll remember your message: that women’s sense of self-worth should be in direct proportion to her proportions. And I will laugh.
You know, because self-loathing is hilarious.
Technorati Tags: feminism, self-esteem, misogyny, gynophobia
- Me ‘n Hillary, we’re just a couple of females dominated by our emotions. [↩]
- posted by Jessica on Feministing.com, November 28, 2007 [↩]
3 Responses to “Little cancers everywhere”
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Who designed these? Who got them into production? And what kind of warped minds buy these??? Disgusting!!!
I don’t know who made them - the links don’t say, and I couldn’t read the manufacturer on the box (of the one product that has one).
The saddest thing to me is the livejournal discussion for the first one - how many people think it’s just hi-larious. That includes lots of women, too, not just men. It’s depressing how many women think it’s post-modern-cool to think that things that degrade women are “funny” and “clever.”
Good grief! Totally disgusting! These are amongst the most horrible things I’ve seen! I hate these!
How sad that people use their ability to be creative to do THIS!! There is WAY not enough kindness in the world. And WAY too much dehumanisation. The opposite of life-enhancing!