I think that the way we try to go about resolving the issue of double standards is odd. Instead of trying to let them phase out on their own through utilizing education, we counteract them.
Since we were talking about black/white jokes... there came a point in history where it just wasn't acceptable for white commedians to tell black jokes that bordered on cruel. However, there came more and more black commedians that took that same racial angle. Is that supposed to even it up? What's the point?
(Side note: And from a Polish perspective: Why is it considered un- "PC" and frowned upon to make jokes about someone of a different color, but to pick on a person because of their heritage (Polish, Italian, Irish) is ok?)
Also, we are counteracting gender stereotypes and I feel that is extremely unhealthy. The feminist movement, sexual harrassment cases, blah blah blah.... made it unacceptable for a man to brag to his friends about his "piece of ass" last night. That man is looked at as an immature, misogynist pig. But what about the "modern" woman who talks about a man in the same way? (Either way you look at it, it's gross behavior.) Yet, these women are considered ....more specific terms are escaping me now....a Cosmo woman and applauded.
Blah...... I don't know if this made any sense. I don't care. Work is boring. And besides, the MLB strike is taking away my fiancee's job.
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