[lit-ideas] Re: OLD JOKES
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:58:07 +0100
> Related, but how?
How do you think? As to what sexist jokes actually are, what
they manifest, Bernard Levin thought they (and more specifically,
jokes about feminism) were a manifestation of fear.
If the body politic were a body are we talking about
> heart, lungs and liver or fingernails and skeleton
I get your clumsy repetition of
less
> concerned about PC speech than such minor matters as reproductive
> rights, equal pay for equal work, that sort of thing.
and note it. I note my 'related'.
Was the fetishization of language
> anything more than a symptom of alienation in a world in which those
> who enjoy the life of the mind feel increasingly powerless
is a woman who's upset by men yelling 'get your knickers off' when she
stands to make a political speech alienated because she, an enjoyer of
the life of the mind, feels increasingly powerless? And/or, are
you a complete and utter dickhead?
Judy Evans, Cardiff
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