Quote of the night

[jchrisobrien]

"The only thing stupider than a man with an erection, is a woman in love."

Author's name witheld to protect the innocent.

Comments

[ivy-crown.livejournal.com]

The statement "men and women can do stupid things when their emotions are involved" is true, and in no way detracts from the humor of the stories involved. By defining the stupidity of men as having to do with their penises, and the stupidity of women as having to do with their emotions you're reinforcing stereotypical gender views of how men and women function, and what is important to them.

"Love makes fools of us all" would, in my opinion, be a much better way of describing these two things without bringing up any kind of gender roles. So yes, I would have been happier if you said that, because it doesn't define women as emotional or men as hormonal. If that's the case in these two circumstances, I have no problem with the specific individuals being described with these characteristics, but generically referring to "men" and "women" as being stupid for different reasons because they are men and women is re-stating traditional gender stereotypes.

/humorless feminist rant