Monday, August 08, 2005

Sexism

In the post below this one I take a shot at Bush with a sexist joke. On another website, one that get a hell of a lot more traffic than this one, I was called out on that fact. That's fine, it is a sexist joke, and I, as the author, am in the position of being absolutely sure of my intent. One reader said that despite being a feminist, it made her laugh. There was some mild criticism and one bizarre defense. kn74 posted this in my defense

The joke was about coming of age and (Bush's lack of) maturity.
Wow, talk about reading a lot into something fairly straight forward. I am clearly simply calling Bush a little girl as a way to portray him as weak.

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