Current commercial for Jeopardy‘s College Championship tournament.
Paraphrasing…
Announcer: “Inside the mind of the average college student:”
Student: “Girls, girls, girls, pizza, girls.”
Announcer: “Inside the mind of a Jeopardy College Championship contestant:”
Student: “Nuclear fission, history of Europe, girls, girls, girls.”
Announcer: “College Championship contestants are just like any college student, only smarter.”
My question: College students are all male? Are, on average, male?
The picture of Alex Trebek with the contestants shows nine girls and seven boys. So I’m not faulting the show itself. But whoever does the advertising apparently thinks “students” equals “male students.”
One of the things that sexism is about is making the male the normative, the default, person. People=men. Women=other. It’s the Kanga syndrome. It’s always disheartening, always offensive, and pretty much always present.
Okay, plus let’s objectify right back, cause it’s what college girls do:
“Boys, boys, boys, pizza, boys.”
Well, all males or lesbians. Poor straight boys… no straight girls for them to date. ^_^
And come on, we girls have better food options than just pizza. 😉
Yo everyone… it’s Deb’s birthday.
Leave some love.
Yes, but what does Kanga mean in this context?
Happy first-full-day-alive day.
Thanks for the post-birthday wishes.
I meant to explain that. I was looking for a citation on the ‘net and didn’t find one. It could be a whole post. Basically, Kanga is the only female in the Hundred Acre Wood, and she’s female specifically because she’s a mom. There are no people who happen to be women, they are women on purpose, or they default to male. Smurfette is another example.
Kanga was originally a male, as I recall. But then someone told AA Milne that male kangaroos don’t have pouches, and he grudgingly make the “he” and “she.”
Why did it not post my website? I wanted to be identified as the “good Amy.” 😉
And a belated happy birthday, too.
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