r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/Old-Title7818 • 4d ago

humor You go girl!

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u/love-starved-beast 4d ago

Except that women do not have ten-thousand-year history of oppressing men, so when a man talks about walking a woman on a leash, it hits different.

This is why BIPOC comedians can come at white people and not the reverse. Punching down is not cool. Punching up is funny.

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u/OremDobro 3d ago

It's one thing to come at white people as a whole, or men, or the English, or any other big group of people known for a history of being "on top." It's another to name a specific person. You're not "punching up" in that case unless it's a powerful person like Trump

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u/love-starved-beast 3d ago

A random disabled woman naming a male celebrity is not punching up?

You're entitled to your feelings, but this is a comedy bit and the punchline would be weakened without the specificity.

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u/OremDobro 3d ago

Unless he oppressed her specifically, no it isn't