Everyday Sexism

Withnail said:

...I think we can all agree that women are not above a bit of 'banter' on male foibles. In fact, just today i heard for the first time the phrase 'man-scan' - by which i was to understand that the woman saying it had had a quick look for something, not made much of an effort and hadn't found it, so it may well be there if you have a proper, presumably woman-scan.

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littleme said:

Guilty as charged.....were you in my house 2 days ago? Husband was looking for something, I said (knowing it was in the cupboard), 'have you looked in the cupboard'? He says 'Yes', so I say 'But was it a propper look or just a man look'? (a propper look is moving stuff about to look, a man look is just opening the door briefly then closing it again!)
Man-scan sounds better & I'll use that from now on.

There's the man-flu too, I'm guilty of using that also......

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littleme said:

Guilty as charged.....were you in my house 2 days ago? Husband was looking for something, I said (knowing it was in the cupboard), 'have you looked in the cupboard'? He says 'Yes', so I say 'But was it a propper look or just a man look'? (a propper look is moving drug about to look, a man look is just opening the door briefly then closing it again!)
Man-scan sounds better & I'll use that from now on.

There's the man-flu too, I'm guilty of using that also......

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Bob said:

... [Sexism] is deemed by many as more acceptable than casual racism for example.

I can't imagine anyone would in jest post a comment along the lines of "A defect common with the ***insert race/creed/colour here*** species, I have found."

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