Sexist Jokes and Comments

[FairwayDodger]

I definitely prefer "generation snowflake" to "generation racist homophobic sexist ********"

:rofl:

Oh come on that wasn't that rude!

 

[IanM]

Heck, there's a huge gap between the Snowflakes and the "racist/homophobia crew"..... both are equally daft

 

[PhilTheFragger]

seems an appropriate juncture to give this joke its annual airing


"I used to be in to bestiality, necrophilia and flagellation.............

until I realised I was Flogging a Dead Horse" :lol:oo:

I shall now put this joke away for the winter :thup:

 

[BristolMike]

I think that any teller of a 'sexist joke' or maker of 'sexist comment' risks being labelled by others.

For myself, I can't see how you can make a sexist/racist/homophobic joke or comment without having an underlying acceptance that these attitudes are in some contexts OK. And for me there should be no such contexts as real people get really hurt by such attitudes taken a bit further than the joke. Why can we not just say Unacceptable - full stop. Plenty of other stuff to make jokes about.

You seem like you would br great fun at a party or on the golf course. Jokes are jokes with no malice behind them in the most part.

 

[Sweep]

Whatever we might think - we now know what Fallon has now agreed that his behaviour was inappropriate...

But that completely avoids the question and if you are serious about this, it's the kind of question you must answer.... or is it only wrong for some to act in a sexist way but OK for others?

 

[USER1999]

How does a Welshman eat cheese?

Caerphilly

 

[Khamelion]

When it comes to sexism, racism, misogynism, whatever action amounts to harassment, sexual or otherwise, there are double standards.

A black comedian comes on stage, looks into the audience and states he going to have a tough gig due to all the white people, if a white comedian said the same to a mainly black audience there would be hell on.

A man makes a comment about the figure of an attractive women, that's borderline sexism, if a women was to make the same comments about an attractive man, nothing said. Just look at the Coca Cola adverts, imagine if that advert was reversed.

As for remarks causing offence, I think these days there are to many people who take offence because they feel it should be the done thing, the politically correct do gooders who love to take the moral high ground just to make themselves feel superior. I'm not religious by any means, but one phrase springs to mind and I paraphrase, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone", I'd challenge anyone within these forums walls to say they have not sinned in some way.

Think back to your childhood and not just your adult life, but I would bet no one can say they've not told a racist, sexist, homophobic joke, made fun of the disabled in some way, called someone a name, no one in here is 100% clean.

 

[Kellfire]

no one in here is 100% clean.

Agreed - and the way I square every joke I make about such things is by knowing that anytime I witness true sexism/racism or whatever it may be, I'll challenge it. This has made my professional life awkward in the past when I challenged comments made by people made at work but I would do it again in a heartbeat.

 

[ColchesterFC]

What type of cheese do you use to encourage a bear?

 

[IanM]

When it comes to sexism, racism, misogynism, whatever action amounts to harassment, sexual or otherwise, there are double standards.

A black comedian comes on stage, looks into the audience and states he going to have a tough gig due to all the white people, if a white comedian said the same to a mainly black audience there would be hell on.

A man makes a comment about the figure of an attractive women, that's borderline sexism, if a women was to make the same comments about an attractive man, nothing said. Just look at the Coca Cola adverts, imagine if that advert was reversed.

As for remarks causing offence, I think these days there are to many people who take offence because they feel it should be the done thing, the politically correct do gooders who love to take the moral high ground just to make themselves feel superior. I'm not religious by any means, but one phrase springs to mind and I paraphrase, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone", I'd challenge anyone within these forums walls to say they have not sinned in some way.

Think back to your childhood and not just your adult life, but I would bet no one can say they've not told a racist, sexist, homophobic joke, made fun of the disabled in some way, called someone a name, no one in here is 100% clean.

isn't that the truth..... the double standards are amazing.

 

[Khamelion]

Agreed - and the way I square every joke I make about such things is by knowing that anytime I witness true sexism/racism or whatever it may be, I'll challenge it. This has made my professional life awkward in the past when I challenged comments made by people made at work but I would do it again in a heartbeat.

And the above goes back to what few have written previously, in that you need to know you audience before you open your mouth. "look before you leap", "Think before you speak" and one my mam told me as a kid, "If you have nothing good to say, then don't say anything at all"

Those three advice lines written, if everyone in here adhered to them, then this forum would be one very boring place.

Oh aye, I count Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles as one of my all time favourite films, it covers all the major 'ism's' and makes sure pretty much all topics of what people find sensitive or offensive are covered. Am I offended by it, hell no, I could probably recite most of the script I've watched that often.

So does enjoying that film make me a Racist, Sexist, Mysoginistic bigot? Or does it mean I can see the humour and parody that the films lays out?

 

[hovis]

What type of cheese do you use to encourage a bear?

camen "bear" 😁


people are so serious about their feelings and being offened.
i went to watch jimmy car and he saw a group of amputee soldiers on the front row.. he said "the good thing about you army boys being blown to pieces is we'll rock the next para Olympics!!! “ some people would find that highly offensive. however, the biggest laughs come from the said amputee's.

the way i see it is, for something to be offensive it has to be said with intent. in this case there clearly was no intent to offended. the purpose was to make light of a bad situation and have some laughs.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

camen "bear" 😁


people are so serious about their feelings and being offened.
i went to watch jimmy car and he saw a group of amputee soldiers on the front row.. he said "the good thing about you army boys being blown to pieces is we'll rock the next para Olympics!!! “ some people would find that highly offensive. however, the biggest laughs come from the said amputee's.

the way i see it is, for something to be offensive it has to be said with intent. in this case there clearly was no intent to offended. the purpose was to make light of a bad situation and have some laughs.

Totally agree with your sentiment and the “black humour” we live with.
I spent 18yrs as an Equality and Diversity Advisor in the Army and one saying kept coming out year after year, course after course.....It’s Impact Not Intent.

You may have no intention to offend but if the impact is, is that it does, you are in the wrong.

Dealt with many cases were something was said to lighten the mood or break the ice and the comment backfired.

There’s a whole world of difference between someone going to watch a professional comedian on stage and the guy in the workplace who thinks he’s funny. (None of the above is aimed at you, merely an observation on your post)

 

[londonlewis]

What type of cheese do you use to encourage a bear?

camembert.

 

[Old Skier]

Totally agree with your sentiment and the “black humour” we live with.
I spent 18yrs as an Equality and Diversity Advisor in the Army and one saying kept coming out year after year, course after course.....It’s Impact Not Intent.

Now I understand why my commissioning papers went missing.

 

[chrisd]

Next person on the forum to refer to me in a disparaging way about my age and health is going to get reported as I've decided to join the PC and Easily Offended Brigade.

 

[Old Skier]

Next person on the forum to refer to me in a disparaging way about my age and health is going to get reported as I've decided to join the PC and Easily Offended Brigade.

Age and health has nothing to do with it, it's the fact you live in Kent is the deciding factor.

 

[Rooter]

Next person on the forum to refer to me in a disparaging way about my age and health is going to get reported as I've decided to join the PC and Easily Offended Brigade.

Behave grandad.

 

[chrisd]

Age and health has nothing to do with it, it's the fact you live in Kent is the deciding factor.

Your name vill go in my little black book ........................

 

[Khamelion]

Next person on the forum to refer to me in a disparaging way about my age and health is going to get reported as I've decided to join the PC and Easily Offended Brigade.

Oh the options here, "My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives"