Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Who wants to be a sexist cougar?

Okay, in the past week we’ve posted on racism (blackface) amd sizeism (little people). Although there are many more “-isms” to cover, let’s now deal with some sexism.

The clip you are about to watch is from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and I can categorically state that this scene would never have occurred if the host were male and the contestant a woman. So, here we have the host, a horny old cougar, Meredith Vieira, about to devour a young Navy pilot. I’ve never seen anything quite like this — I’m surprised Meredith didn’t stick to the chair when she stood up.

What this clip shows us is that all “-isms” are relative, not universal. I use the word ‘relative’ here because it seems the “rules” of behaviour that now shape the way in which men relate to women in public do not apply equally to women in their treatment of men.

So, here you go, girls, payback time for all those years of oppression and regularly being treated as eye candy!



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