Comments on la somnambule: It's just a joke

I have to say when people make comments about my v...

2006-05-19T14:10:00.000+01:00

I have to say when people make comments about my vegetarianism/veganism I have no real issues with saying something back. Society just adds insult to injury by suggesting that speaking out against sexist comments is somehow worse than making them. Grr this is just annoying me now!

I loved the idea of making friends with the tutors wife, although I think the effort involved in that would

I agree with Lelyons. I've also come across certai...

2006-05-18T12:04:00.000+01:00

I agree with Lelyons. I've also come across certain remarks - but I think most of the time these go over my head because I can't hear them..luckily!

I haven't come across anything like this during my course at York Uni because I think people doing sociology may be more sensitive to these kind of things. Lots of other women in my gender and society module discussed sexist comments and

'My first thought was "Wow, which law school was t...

2006-05-18T10:22:00.000+01:00

'My first thought was "Wow, which law school was that at?" Which was followed by "Could've been any of them."'

Yeh - I'm really looking forward to going to a university next year to do my LPC as I've been pretty disappointed with many different aspects of the private sector.

Thank you for the feedback I found it really perceptive and it is great to get support.

I was

My first thought was "Wow, which law school was th...

2006-05-17T00:21:00.000+01:00

My first thought was "Wow, which law school was that at?" Which was followed by "Could've been any of them."

This is definitely a specific situation. I personally don't like to argue for the sake of arguing because all it does is make me tired. So, if you have tried in the past with these guys and they didn't listen, I might stay quiet too.

Although, if it were me, I would

Yeh I have been thinking about whether to say some...

2006-05-16T21:22:00.000+01:00

Yeh I have been thinking about whether to say something. It is a private institution offering professional law courses - but I think if anything that makes them more receptive to equal treatment etc than a university. Thinking back on it I should have said something at the time. I didn't because there has been a lot of friction between me and one of the individuals involved and I didn't want to

People try to shut me down all the time, but it do...

2006-05-16T21:04:00.000+01:00

People try to shut me down all the time, but it doesn't work, because their opinions of me simply don't matter.

The whole joke excuse doesn't hold. Jokes have meanings. If they didn't have meanings jokes would be nonsensical and not funny. A joke says a lot about the person delivering the so called joke. Another reason that the joke excuse doesn't hold, is that laughing at something is