Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> writes: > Ben Finney wrote: > > > sohcahto...@gmail.com writes: > > > >> I should have known better than to make a joke on this mailing > >> list. Someone is bound to get their panties all up in a bunch. > > > > You should have known better than to make gendered slurs. Claiming > > “it was a joke” doesn't alter the sexism of your remarks. Cut that > > out. > > "You're asking a bunch of nerds for dating advice?"
“get their panties all up in a bunch” is a gendered slur. It is implying the person is female, as though the person should feel insulted by that. It uses the female gender as an insult. That's not welcoming to anyone female, and we should all be welcoming to anyone of any gender here — which includes not using any gender as the punch-line of a joke. -- \ “Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?” “I think so, | `\ Brain, but Zero Mostel times anything will still give you Zero | _o__) Mostel.” —_Pinky and The Brain_ | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
