Gabby's Playhouse: Discussing Sexism on the Internet

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So, recently Kate Beaton made some comments on Twitter about how sometimes guys that like her work will respond with comments she finds creepy/uncomfortable/offensive.

Gabby's Playhouse then did a webcomic entitled "How Every Single Discussion About Sexism and Woman-Type Stuff on the Internet (and real life) Has Ever Happened And Ever Will Happen, Always, Forever, Until the Earth Finally Falls Into The Sun. (Or until the patriarchy is finally dismantled.)"




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I don't quite get that last panel, but the rest of it is kinda recognizable.

Comments

And I applaud nor non-amusement

[liara_shadowsong]

Yes! Exactly! If you offend someone by accident, just say "sorry, I didn't mean to creep you out" and move on. Preaching to someone, male or female, whoever, about why they should not be offended by something that they clearly found offensive is pretty much just being a jerk. (Now, if it's a case of saying something that gets completely misinterpreted, that's a whole different issue which can potentially be fixed with something as simple as: "I meant for that to be interpreted as X not Y." "Oh, oops. That is much less creepy than what I thought you just said." "Yeah, sorry about not wording that real well." "Eh, no harm done.")