This commercial (found at multicultclassics) makes fun of large women, small men, and couples that defy “proper” pairing:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63O7aIHcfmA[/youtube]
gender
Found here.
From a recent article on men’s increasing comfort with wives who make more than them:
The cartoon summarizes the article nicely – it’s fine for women to make more as long as it doesn’t cause them to slack off in other domains and expect men to pitch in on “domestic responsibilities.”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n10XeJv4xwc[/youtube]
Osborn Tramain posted this on youtube.
Apparently, if you use Viagra, your ejaculation will be so powerful that you will shoot sperm into space to aggressively penetrate Planet Egg:
Found here thanks to copyranter.
While we’re on the topic of the current presidential campaign…
I’ve noticed something interesting about the images and phrases used to criticize Clinton and Obama. Why does the majority of anti-Clinton rhetoric use sexist images and language? And how prevelant is the (expected?) matching racism in the anti-Obama rhetoric and images? Why, instead, does Obama’s national allegiance and patriotism come into question? I think this would make for a great class discussion on intersectionality, an what prejudices are perceived to be “socially acceptable.”
Some possible questions for discussion:
- Is it more socially acceptable to be overtly sexist than overtly racist? Why?
- Why might it seem to be more okay to question someone’s patriotism/nationalism than to be overtly racist? What is the difference?
- What is really racist that doesn’t immediately appear racist?
And the images– again these come from Facebook groups with tens of thousands of members. See also previous images of Hillary Clinton here and here.
“Fly, my pretties, fly! Bring me the presidency”:
And now for Obama…
And here are some attacking Barack Obama’s nationality and patriotism:
And the infamous image (more info from snopes.com):
This is called the Bitchcruiser:
You can find a lot more pictures of it here and there’s one for sale on ebay (thanks to Laura L., who found it on feministing.com, via).
NEW: Audrey D.E. sent in this image of a pole-dancer alarm clock from a catalog:
The text:
Your guy will really “rise and shine” to this entertaining alarm clock. A pole dancer twirls around the pole to music and flashing lights. What a way to wake up!
Thanks, Audrey!
Found here.
From a recent article on men’s increasing comfort with wives who make more than them:
The cartoon summarizes the article nicely – it’s fine for women to make more as long as it doesn’t cause them to slack off in other domains and expect men to pitch in on “domestic responsibilities.”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n10XeJv4xwc[/youtube]
Osborn Tramain posted this on youtube.
Apparently, if you use Viagra, your ejaculation will be so powerful that you will shoot sperm into space to aggressively penetrate Planet Egg:
Found here thanks to copyranter.
While we’re on the topic of the current presidential campaign…
I’ve noticed something interesting about the images and phrases used to criticize Clinton and Obama. Why does the majority of anti-Clinton rhetoric use sexist images and language? And how prevelant is the (expected?) matching racism in the anti-Obama rhetoric and images? Why, instead, does Obama’s national allegiance and patriotism come into question? I think this would make for a great class discussion on intersectionality, an what prejudices are perceived to be “socially acceptable.”
Some possible questions for discussion:
- Is it more socially acceptable to be overtly sexist than overtly racist? Why?
- Why might it seem to be more okay to question someone’s patriotism/nationalism than to be overtly racist? What is the difference?
- What is really racist that doesn’t immediately appear racist?
And the images– again these come from Facebook groups with tens of thousands of members. See also previous images of Hillary Clinton here and here.
“Fly, my pretties, fly! Bring me the presidency”:
And now for Obama…
And here are some attacking Barack Obama’s nationality and patriotism:
And the infamous image (more info from snopes.com):
This is called the Bitchcruiser:
You can find a lot more pictures of it here and there’s one for sale on ebay (thanks to Laura L., who found it on feministing.com, via).
NEW: Audrey D.E. sent in this image of a pole-dancer alarm clock from a catalog:
The text:
Your guy will really “rise and shine” to this entertaining alarm clock. A pole dancer twirls around the pole to music and flashing lights. What a way to wake up!
Thanks, Audrey!