13 thoughts on “Why is this so funny?”

  1. Any man who’s been in a relationship with a woman longer than a day should be able to recognize this is satire. It reminds me of this video.

    I’m sure the article reveals a number of things. But, one factor it highlights is that men and women are different…a truth that’s not always accepted in our contemporary culture.

  2. CORRECTED:

    Any man who’s been in a relationship with a woman longer than a day should be able to recognize this is satire. It reminds me of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4EDhdAHrOg

    I’m sure the article reveals a number of things. But, one factor it highlights is that men and women are different…a truth that’s not always accepted in our contemporary culture.

  3. The punchline is that the man is actually delusional. He flatters himself into thinking that he got the upper hand, but he only pissed her off even more. This could be a modern version of the likes of Clark Gable slapping a woman in the face a few times to bring her to her senses, except that it worked in those old movies – probably ONLY in the movies. I am not sure what it says about our culture, but it doesn’t seem really bad to me. Nor do I find it especially funny, although I approached it with a bias from the Crowhill Report.

  4. Yes, it does illustrate that men and women are different. I think it also illustrates that in our society today, the woman’s perspective takes precedence.

    The nail video is a classic.

    1. Agreed. We see this dynamic play out often these days. In some cases, it humor and that’s fine. Yet, if women were portrayed that way, even in jest, it wouldn’t be tolerated. As is, we now have women making unsubstantiated accusations against men and it’s suppose to be taken immediately as FACT with consequences rendered. What happened to “trust but verify”?

      That said, today’s dynamic is partially due to how women were portrayed and treated in the past. It’s a bit of blowback from times when they were engaged as inferior to men. But, the pendulum has now swung too far in the other direction. Given both men and women contribute to society (in different but valuable ways), it would be “ideal” if the “spotlight” was shared…featuring the positive attributes and idiosyncrasies of both sexes within contemporary culture.

  5. I don’t know that “the woman’s perspective takes precedence” is the point. I think the point is that, for whatever reason, whoever is right or wrong or at fault or whatever, it doesn’t work, and the result is predictable. We can talk all we want about whose perspective should take “precedence” but if you want to have a constructive conversation and not have one of the parties become even more agitated, don’t say “calm down.” Frankly, I don’t think it works all that well for men, either, it’s just that it might come up more in the case of a man speaking to a woman and so it becomes a joke associated with a man and his wife.

  6. I don’t know if it’s “the point,” but it lies behind the joke. Think of all the things people say.

    “If momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.”

    “Better half.”

    “She who must be obeyed.”

    Etc.

    The prevailing attitude is that men can be criticized, but don’t you dare criticize a women. (Unless she’s a conservative, of course, in which case she’s fair game.)

    1. Every day I make sure to shed at least one tear for those poor conservative women.

  7. QUOTE: The prevailing attitude is that men can be criticized, but don’t you dare criticize a women. (Unless she’s a conservative, of course, in which case she’s fair game.)

    I’d say that exception might also apply to some liberal women, such as Hillary….particularly during rallies where participants proudly wear paraphernalia that contains expletives and denigrating content relative to her.

    Also, it’s interesting when some women say they wouldn’t mind if Trump grabbed their “P”…private parts and claim that’s just boys being boys.

    1. It is certainly true that Hillary has received a lot of criticism. Some deserved, some not.

      But while there are examples of all kinds of behavior on all sides, I think there is clearly a bias against conservative women, and especially conservative black women. For example, why isn’t Ayaan Hirsi Ali a feminist hero?

      1. Ayaan Hirsi is very clearly against religion – religion in general and not just Islam. In the Netherlands she was buddy-buddy with the hyper-atheist Herman Philipse (whom I have also encountered on a few occasions). She is more libertarian than “conservative.” (I doubt if she ever said that she would like for Trump to grab her by the you-know-what.) “Conservative” is a weird category if it includes her and Ayn Rand along with Laura Ingraham and Paula White.

      2. QUOTE:But while there are examples of all kinds of behavior on all sides, I think there is clearly a bias against conservative women, and especially conservative black women.

        I’d agree there’s bias against women on all sides of the political spectrum. Yet, is your statement meant to imply that conservative women face a greater bias? If so, how would you objectively verify that?

        1. Yes, I believe conservative women face greater bias. How to objectively verify that? That would be extremely difficult, because there are a lot of factors. For example, even if you could quantify a “negative reaction” in some way, it wouldn’t do to simply count the number of them. You’d have to put some kind of weight on them. E.g., something from ABC News would have more weight than something from a blog. etc. Just coming up with the parameters of the investigation would be difficult.

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