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I've heard You punch like a girl, You drive like a girl and similar before, but never You code like a girl. Which is good, I guess.
by maaaats 12y ago
I've heard You punch like a girl, You drive like a girl and similar before, but never You code like a girl. Which is good, I guess.
- detcader 12y agoCoding doesn't involve as much kinetic and immediate action, and I can't imagine it being infantilized. When it comes to violence, you can be weak, and so "like a girl". "Driving like a woman" I think means to drive naively, like a child, which women have generally been seen as equivalent to for thousands of years. (Edit: not that I agree with any of that, of course; it's how gender is constructed)
- sthreet 12y agoNow that Ip Man is a popular movie (?) is "punch like a girl" still an insult?
- detcader 12y agoI haven't seen it. One can only assume insults like "[violent act] like a girl" is still used among male youth to horrible effect, encouraging more violence and self-hatred.
- sthreet 12y agoAs a male youth with very little experience with people in general, I hate people who make me look bad.