In contrast, have you heard many sexually-loaded jokes about men and their bodies?
This is one time when “acceptability†cannot, and should not be equated with being correct. To be more precise, they cannot be considered as politically correct.
If people are looking for context, the bigger context of the VG and similar jokes is sexism.
Sexism is defined as a mindset that considers one sex as superior to the other and results in discrimination against, or abuse of the “weaker†sex.
The sexism we encounter day in and day out is patriarchy—an ideology that treats men as superior and women as the weaker sex. This is machismo.
The Vice Ganda-Jessica Soho incident is a manifestation of how well and alive sexism is in our culture. If someone like Jessica, a well-known, well-respected personality who holds a very responsible position in one of the leading television networks in the country can be subjected to such ridicule, imagine the kinds of sexist “jokes†and remarks faced by ordinary women.
I disagree with Jessica’s statement that this is not about her but the women who are victimized by rape and abused twice over because of such sexist jokes. This is about her all right, AND all other women who, as a class, are regarded as inferior to men by virtue of sex.
People laughing at these jokes is proof that sexism is a mindset. It is very deeply rooted in our consciousness that we are not offended. Rather, we find such ridicule of women as funny. We believe these are acceptable. And this is a big problem.
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