Posted on 08/19/2018 1:36:52 PM PDT by Morgana
A 'sexist' sign at a Houston school has been removed after it caused an uproar on social media.
The quote, which sat above a row of lockers at Gregory-Lincoln elementary school in Houston Independent School District, read: 'The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman.'
Many expressed their horror, saying they believed the quote was victim-blaming and perpetuating the women are responsible for men's actions.
The quote began drawing controversy on Friday when Houston resident Lisa Beckman tweeted a picture of it.
'This is the wall at Gregory-Lincoln Middle School in Houston ISD,' she wrote in a post accompanying the tweet.
'It's perpetuating horrible gender stereotypes, shaming women, and relinquishing boys of all responsibility. It's sexist, mysogonistic [sic], and discriminatory! I'm horrified.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Or am I wrong FReepers?
ARTH PING
“when Houston resident Lisa Beckman tweeted a picture of it.”
I’ll wager either Lisa is a fugly dyke or couldn’t get laid..
― George Orwell
Fight back, we can't let freaks ruin the country.
“Many expressed their horror, saying they believed the quote was victim-blaming and perpetuating the women are responsible for men’s actions.”
And these people are freaks.
Someone in the comment section over there said it best:
They both should “Behave like Ladies and Gentlemen”. That is a generic statement and very true!
But we are.
They should have just painted the reverse logic on the opposite wall.
Guys, act like a gentleman and she will act like a lady.
That would work too!
You are not wrong, Morgana. My mother always told me to act like a lady, which means, among other things, not wearing pants that have “juicy” on the back. She wouldn’t do it, but if my 19 year old daughter ever came home with a pair, we would be immediately returning them to Walmart or wherever..
She’s going off to college and I told her, NEVER leave your soda pop or whatever unattended. If you have to go to the bathroom, buy a fresh drink. I’ll happily pay for it.
I am sure that Lisa Beckman would prefer
‘The more you act like a slut, the more he’ll act like your pimp.’
More probably, “Men are all pondscum and nothing will ever change that”
-PJ
The only lessons today's schoolchildren will take away from this is that they have the power over the adults who run the school.
It can only get worse after this.
-PJ
Aretha Franklin. Rest in Peace.
Reword it to share responsibility.
From: "The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman"
To: A lady is a woman who makes a man want to be a gentleman
I like the IUD commercials on tv telling women how to be promiscuous without getting pregnant. They left out the fact they can still transmit a roaring case of herpes, though.
Act like a lady and then you will attract men who will act like a gentleman.
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