Sexist jokes part 2.

Seeing my responses from other people and their strongly negative views on such humor, I think that another post is in order to further explain my views. This post is about why the sexist joke is made in jest without any seriousness and why people should believe this.

 The humor of these sexist jokes (and any other stereotype jokes) in fact spring from such lack of serious content. The humor resulting from the phrase "women should make me sandwiches," which is often used as a sexist joke by people is from this very lack and in fact points out the absurdity in such a comment, much like how sarcasm can point out a comments absurdity. Humor lies with the absurd and unrealistic. 

If I said this joke in any serious manner, there would actually be no humor in it to me whatsoever, since I would be stating it as a perceived fact. By interpreting the joke as something the speaker seriously believes, consciously or unconsciously, undermines the humor to such a joke.

On sexist jokes.

Why don't women know how to ski? 

Because it doesn't snow between the kitchen and the bedroom.

       This joke (as some may call it), is what many people call sexist, hurtful, and demeaning to women. I, on the other hand call it Hilarious.  I love sexist jokes. Now mind you, I would like to call myself a feminist. I wholeheartedly believe that in the right of women to have equality in all endeavors just like men. However, I often take some flak for using them. Personally, I hold the belief that in the right context and used appropriately, a sexist joke can be a good source of humor. 

        I do not believe that a single blog post can explain why I hold this to be true, so for this post, I am going to list my reasoning and thoughts and explain them throughout other posts. So please, if you criticize or wish to know about any of my points, I will probably address them throughout the semester. 

      Point 1: Jokes are used in a non-serious manner and are not meant to reflect a person's point of view.

      Point 2: A very large portion of humor uses exaggerations and stereotypes about individuals and groups of people.
      Point 3: Jokes that play off of stereotypes and exaggerations do have the capability of hurting someone else's feelings or character. Therefore I only use the jokes with people I think will understand that they are only in jest.

I will discuss these reasons later. However, I am curious to hear others' opinions on the matter.

Intro

So...Once again, I have another blog. This one, unlike the other ones, is about Women and Philosophy. Women as philosophers, women on philosophers, and women and their philosophies will all probably be discussed here. So, in order to get started I think I had better introduce myself. My name is Griffin and I am a philosophy and psychology major at MCLA. I like roast beef sandwiches, dusty old tomes, and am generally a fun guy. My posts should be starting up next week. so expect them soon!