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Originally Posted by Supersonic
Aloha !
After my remark in regards to women not being funny and this, to my surprise, sparking a more serious discussion, I'm wondering how much sexism really bothers you?
I rarely used to pay attention to it. I joke about pretty much anything, so obviously the derogatory jokes about women are some I enjoy making every now and then, but only if it's obvious I'm taking the piss. If someone's seriously offended by it and thinks I'm serious I feel quite bad, I rarely make a joke to seriously offend someone.
With that said, I had a conversation a few years ago about how much sexism dominates TV, billboards and other advertisments. I was pointed to a video in which somebody demonstrated how often sexism, especially towards women, is used to get a point across and portrays a skewed image of real life. Ever since I've seen that video I started paying attention to it, and it actually is quite shocking.
For example; whenever I'm drawing things I put on a TV show in the background. Sometimes they're good shows (Dexter, Breaking Bad, Arrested Development...) and sometimes quite average ones, as in The Walking Dead. I've no idea if anyone's watching this show (if you don't look up what it's about or some of the details here might fly over your head), but the sexism in this show is mind-blowing. The men are always out there "shooting zombies", driving cars, taking the lead, being strong, saving everyone. And then there's the women. What are they doing? They are always, always doing laundry, rasping potatoes, doing more laundry, and then act all dramatic and being the women that needs to be saved by the man. True, there are some exceptions, no needlessly those who are the exceptions get shot, crash cars and die.
Am I the only one who's bothered by this? Ever since I started paying attention to this it's odd to see how used society is to sexism. We all know sex sells and obviously the women using their body in adverts are just as guilty as the men staring at them, but considering how civilized the western world should be, I'm kind of wondering if either audiences aren't quite ready yet for independent women, or if independent women are just not ready for societ
Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan
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Sexism is total crap and yes it bothers me because it is there to evoke our instincts abut it is a lot more complex the way it is used. We are living in a masculine society which means that women (many of them) use their looks to get certain advantages or their "little girl game" but on the other hand are totally tough. And I blame the Americans for it with their "dating"
. Personally I don't give a shit about how my boyfriend looks or if society considers him attractive but at the same time if I put make-up on I do it for myself because I am in the mood and I think it is funl) I wish we would get away from it since there are more important qualities within people but I HOPE the more educated a person is the less important looks become or the thought about it because as long as we have to discuss it, it is still in people's minds and influences us.
But it is still a LOOONG way to go for American society
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