Reply #281: Yes, and in a deverse community, being bluntly

[ThomCat]

sexist is tolerated, even accepted, and often appreciated if it's presented humorously.

If someone is just being "a typical guy" or presenting "a mainstream opinion," or even if someone is really being overly crude but doing it in a very traditional way that people accept, we're all supposed to accept it too and even find it funny.

And anyone that won't accept that crude sexism doesn't have a sense of humor. We are the ones being un-civil. We are the ones creating stress and trouble by refusing to accept sexism in a lighthearted way. Isn't it great that insults and veiled threats are always just a light-hearted joke? What's wrong with feminists that they just can't lighten up?

:sarcasm: of course.

But you nailed the reason why sexism is so allowable and prevalent, while feminism is not. Sexism is the predominant culture, even though a lot of people love to claim that they kinda, sorta support feminism. So unless people are prepared to really take a harsh look at the culture here, and their place in it, and accept that the culture needs to be challenged, and accept that this is a big part of what feminism is for, sexism Will always win by default.