Lying

[Eryn]

Eryn, I don't have the most developed sense of humour in the world, and although I didn't think the stereotypical statements at the beginning were funny I can understand that when that sort of joke is offered up with a light heart and taken the same way, it doesn't have to harm others. The thing that really REALLY bothered me about it, was how so many of the posters on the first couple pages jumped on the 'women are hypocrites!' sort of bandwagon. One poster made a comment about how his ex who put on some weight was a 'weak minded bitch just like the rest of them.' The anger in that seared me down to the soul to read. I don't think jokes of any sort are all that funny if they encourage anger and hatred!

It's pretty hard to have humor of any kind without conflict and stereotypical male/female bickering has been around since Adam and Eve. I don't see the jokes in the OP to be particularly encouraging of anger and hatred, particularly when it became apparent that they were being used to illustrate the point.

Yes, a few folks jumped on the "women are hypocrites" bandwagon, but no more than the number of people that regularly jump on the "CDers are deceitful liars" bandwagon whenever that topic rolls around. We are a diverse culture and you will find people with all sorts of opinions. The beauty of our culture is that we tolerate that diversity of opinion. I was also offended about the comment concerning the woman's eating disorder. I now know more about the character of the individual who made that comment and therefore will not take that person as seriously as I do those who are more thoughtful. His comment, though, does not reflect on the other forum members posting to the thread unless they happened to agree with him. I don't recall anyone doing so.