So this happened at work today

I missed, unfortunately, the conversation on lesbianism, which I was sort of (sort of) nervous/happy to hear in the office.

I don’t think it is a mistake that a joke about woman-beating followed a conversation on lesbianism.

The joke itself was followed by repeated protestations/prostrations about how no-one was being serious and how they are just not interested in being “PC.”

They said that as if it were in fact the punch-line; as if their non-PC stance made it okay to tell a totally fucked up joke.

I don’t have delusions about men.  I know that men hate me.  I also know hate speech when I hear it.  The lesbians (at least 3! yay!) in my office can joke about lesbianism.  But no-one should joke about beating women.

Even if he hadn’t said it and still held those beliefs, he wouldn’t have harmed me in this instance.  But his saying it directly harms all of the women in the office (and women generally) by reinforcing totally fucked up thought patterns under the guise of humor.

@1 year ago
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