Here are a few:
And there have been others, both in the shoutbox and in the forum posts.
I don't really see what the fuss is about. Quickly scanning though those, most of them seem to be either tongue-in-cheek or aimed at a specific stereotype, which you have taken as being derogatory towards all women/womanhood. Take the bodybuilder thread, if those comments were aimed at excessively muscular men (which I think looks nasty) would you have done anything about it? I don't think so. So who is the sexist? Get back to the kitchen where you belong darling.
See, you could now either -
1) realise that it was an attempt at humour considering the topic of this thread and the old cliche about women/kitchens, and in no way meant to deride women or suggest that they belong solely in the kitchen (they need to be in the bedroom too sometimes.
) Or you could....
2) throw a hissy fit and take offence when there really is no need to. And then take offence over my use of "hissy fit". And then probably take offence over my suggestion that you may take offence.
Ask a black person and they'll tell you that there are funny jokes about black people and then there are racist jokes about black people.
That was my point. There are also funny jokes about women and then there are misogynistic 'jokes' about women. We don't seem to be seeing eye-to-eye on where the line is.
I enjoyed some of his posts too, other ones where he was letting his more mature side come through. I was shocked to see him go off the way he did. He'd been warned before and this time he stepped way out of line with his remark to Manat.
I've never really been one to initiate or be affected by personal attacks on the internet, so I personally would not have wanted someone banned for that. Though I realise other people feel differently.
The women and men who are here found many of the sexist crap like the stuff I linked to above, to be over the top and derogatory. This IS an ex muslim forum, if someon, a Muslim e.g. doesn't like Manat's avatar, then they won't like most of the things we discuss here.
You have the right to complain. But you are not a woman and you are obviously trying to use this one non-issue to justify your support of misogynistic posts and attitudes.
Actually I was just trying to point out her hypocrisy. She wrote that if she was still a questioning Muslimah, she might not have even joined this forum because of 'this juvenile shit'. My point is that I think questioning Muslim women may not join this forum after seeing avatars like hers.
I've studied comedy, acting, performance, and their history. I'm not getting into an analysis of the philosophy of comedy, if you don't think comedians can ever be racist, sexist or homophobic, then you obviously are very sheltered or very young.
If someone is intentionally being racist or homophobic I personally wouldn't call that comedy, I'd call it racism/homophobia. But just because someone is not part of the 'target group' does not mean they cannot make harmless jokes about them. I make jokes to my black friends, about them being black, all the time. Then you can decide if you're going to laugh or take offence where none was meant. People seem to go for the latter too much for my liking, I think they just need to grow thicker skins. I can't stand the PC culture, and I think this forum would be a better place if people didn't have to look over their shoulders for the internet police. Frat parties are fun, lighten up a bit!
Still, it's your site I guess, if you want to get all stroppy over every comment which makes fun of a woman/women I'm willing to play along. It's a pain in the arse but whatever.
Topic: Women