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I didn’t think I was “picking” on anybody or making an overtly offensive comment. I’d honestly be interested in knowing why this joke is “ok” and why it wouldn

by xevb3k 8y ago

I didn’t think I was “picking” on anybody or making an overtly offensive comment. I’d honestly be interested in knowing why this joke is “ok” and why it wouldn’t be better not to make generic assumptions about someone’s sexuality, marital status, and the interests of their spouse... Yea, possibly doesn’t seem like a big issue to you. But if you’re a member of a minority the message it sends is “we just assume people are heterosexual, married, and wives/women are not interested in this stuff as a default”... If you really think this thread is wasteful arguing over a triviality then it’s probably better not to engage?

simonh 8y ago
It wasn't making any assumptions, because it was a joke. It was clearly a fantasy, not to be taken seriously, and not representative of actual opinions or facts, but instead poking fun at and satirizing such stereotypes. That's why you're getting so many down votes. If someone satirizes a stereotype as being silly or ridiculous, it doesn't make sense to then accuse them of holding or promoting that stereotype.
- xevb3k 8y ago
  I can’t see anything that suggests this was satire. The explanations given by the original commenter don’t suggest it was meant as satire. And I don’t see anyone else suggesting it as satire. If it really was satire, then that’s interesting, and why I asked for the joke to be explained... To be honest it seems more like it was meant as an honest joke... playing on the stereotype that wives often don’t understand things their husbands do... and that this is normal and this is how normal people are in this community.