• Jtee@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I mean if you want to read into it like that the original post implies if you aren’t dressed like this you’re a slob. Seems hateful don’t you think? Or, it’s just a joke.

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      4 months ago

      I guess, but not dressing well doesn’t play into pre-existing sexist/homophobic narratives. I’m more okay with someone having a stigma against someone not dressing well, than I am okay with someone having a stigma based on gender or sexuality. Of course there are issues with the former too, like someone could be sloppily dressed because they don’t have time or money to invest in and maintain a good wardrobe, they could just be living a simple lifestyle and don’t like it, like it’s not great … but not as bad imho. And tbh the first post wasn’t really a joke, it was an attempted motivational thing.

      And, I would say the jokes about tight women’s clothing are not applied in the same way. There are form-fitting outfits that women wear daily, that go uncommented on.

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        4 months ago

        This reads like “I’m okay with jokes as long as I get to be the arbiter of what is fair game to joke about.”

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          4 months ago

          Yes, this is a normal thing to do. I’m against jokes at the expense of gender violence.

          If someone posted a completely racist joke, and I criticized it, you could make this exact same comment.