Gabby's Playhouse: Discussing Sexism on the Internet

[mad]

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

[sandoz_iscariot]

"I wanna have your babies" is the example Kate Beaton gave about sexist comments she received, though. It's one of those expressions that gets used so often that some people get desensitized to it and use it as a kneejerk response meaning "I like this" and don't think about what it means, but it is sexual, because it's like, "hey, let's reproduce sexually!" (unless we live on Cabbage Patch Kids Planet, which is unlikely). And if you're a woman who has a public presence on the internet, goes to conventions, etc. and a bunch of strangers, especially men, start making comments like "I want to have your babies!" or "Marry me!" or "You're hot, let's have sex!" yeah, it's creepy and sexist and invasive. It's not actually complimenting her work, it's putting the focus on/evaluating her based on her appearance and/or her gender.