On 12/5/06, niht-hræfn <nihthraefn(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Dec 5, 2006, at 11:55, Bryan Derksen wrote:
What, are you saying I'm fat??
Despite the fact that you're joking, and despite the fact that I'm
not personally offended, that is a sexist remark. I find it
especially inappropriate to make jokes at women's expense in a thread
protesting the idea that women are treated in any way badly on this
list.
I didn't get his joke, so I can't say that you're wrong... but I
totally don't get the exchange here. What the #$@# does being obese
have to do with being female?
It also has to do with the stereotype of the hypersensitive hysterical
body-image obsessed female: